Folkestone surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Monday 08 Dec 2025 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
11.9° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Folkestone today?

The current surf forecast for Folkestone at 4PM is: 1.1m 5s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am December 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Dec)4ft (1.2m)5s
Afternoon (08 Dec)3.5ft (1.1m)5s
Evening (08 Dec)5ft (1.5m)5s

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

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Monday
08
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
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
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SW
0.9
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.2
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SW
0.3
WSW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.6
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.1
W
Period(s) (?)55555555566666651344545516
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)676464421169561949412213016621110346283532232147105
Wind
(km/h)
35
SW
30
SW
35
SW
25
SW
40
SW
35
SSW
30
S
35
S
35
S
35
S
40
SSW
40
SW
40
SSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
15
W
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:13PM
6.80
1:37AM
6.67
2:02PM
6.39
2:26AM
6.28
2:54PM
5.92
3:20AM
5.87
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:07AM
0.27
8:30PM
0.43
8:54AM
0.52
9:16PM
0.77
9:42AM
0.84
10:04PM
1.14
Monday
08
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
Sunrise7:43-------7:45-------7:46-------
Sunset--3:48-------3:48-------3:48-----
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--112-----111-----------
Temp. °C131314131313121212121313121212121212121111101010
Feels °C (?)778967655465488877878788
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