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Folkestone surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Thursday 29 Jan 2026 GMT
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Folkestone surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Folkestone sea temperature is
8.9° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Folkestone today?

The current surf forecast for Folkestone at 7AM is: 1.1m 5s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 29). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)5s
Afternoon (30 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)5s
Evening (30 Jan)5ft (1.5m)5s

Table - waves today at Folkestone. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SE
0.8
SE
0.9
SE
1.1
SSE
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1.5
SSE
1.7
S
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
2
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.4
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)444555545666666554555444
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1319265261494738108197215201309341133644139374535251716
Wind
(km/h)
30
SE
30
SE
30
SE
35
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSW
25
S
35
SE
40
SE
30
SSW
45
S
45
S
45
SSW
40
SW
35
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononcross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:05PM
5.58
8:36AM
5.81
9:09PM
5.87
9:35AM
6.11
10:04PM
6.24
10:29AM
6.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:23AM
1.64
4:02PM
1.29
4:33AM
1.19
5:02PM
0.84
5:27AM
0.69
5:51PM
0.44
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Sunrise----7:35-------7:33-------7:31---
Sunset------4:40-------4:43-------4:45-
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cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
---1311-12--11----------
Temp. °C566779988998889898888898
Feels °C (?)-2-1-1-11330020-1-2-11242223343
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