Folkestone surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Tuesday 01 Jul 2025 BST
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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
16.5° C
(Which is 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Folkestone today?

The current surf forecast for Folkestone at 9PM is: 0.5m 4s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm July 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Jul)--
Afternoon (01 Jul)2.5ft (0.8m)4s
Evening (01 Jul)1.5ft (0.5m)4s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
01
Wednesday
02
Thursday
03
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wed
09
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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 (?)
0.8
SSW
0.7
SW
0.4
SW
0.2
SSW
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.2
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
SW
0.2
NNE
0.2
NNE
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.4
SW
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.6
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
1
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.1
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
W
0.1
SW
0.5
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.6
WSW
Period(s) (?)44441010101010999999999998445873777344444444445566666355665853445
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)161571344222933333244221003101116202400243617131203113855191845512141400
Wind
(km/h)
25
SW
25
SW
15
W
15
NE
15
N
15
N
15
ENE
5
SW
10
W
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
10
NNE
10
E
10
SSE
15
SW
20
WSW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
5
SSW
15
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
20
WSW
15
W
15
W
20
WSW
30
SW
35
SW
35
SW
30
WSW
30
SW
30
WSW
25
W
25
WSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
25
W
25
WNW
25
W
25
W
20
WNW
25
SW
35
SW
40
WSW
35
WSW
25
WSW
20
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
25
W
10
W
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crossglasscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
glasscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:18PM
5.89
4:46AM
5.53
5:10PM
5.59
5:42AM
5.26
6:08PM
5.34
6:43AM
5.08
7:10PM
5.19
7:45AM
5.03
8:10PM
5.17
8:42AM
5.10
9:05PM
5.25
9:33AM
5.25
9:54PM
5.41
10:19AM
5.47
10:38PM
5.62
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:18PM
1.15
11:34AM
1.43
11:59PM
1.43
12:14PM
1.69
12:42AM
1.68
12:59PM
1.91
1:31AM
1.86
1:53PM
2.06
2:31AM
1.97
3:01PM
2.10
3:43AM
1.93
4:17PM
1.98
4:51AM
1.75
5:19PM
1.74
Tuesday
01
Wednesday
02
Thursday
03
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wed
09
Sunrise-----4:45-------4:45-------4:46-------4:47-------4:48-------4:48-------4:48------
Sunset-9:13-------9:13-------9:12-------9:12-------9:10-------9:10-------9:09-------9:09--
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C262625181717181919222016141317171818191917161819202119181615171818171516161417171819171412131718181817161514171920222020
Feels °C (?)222324171716172018181511101015141513151413131615141615151311111111111011121011111315129891111111212121111131516171817
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