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Folkestone surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Tuesday 20 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
8.6° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Folkestone today?

The current surf forecast for Folkestone at 3AM is: 2.0m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)6ft (1.9m)6s
Afternoon (21 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)6s
Evening (21 Jan)5ft (1.5m)6s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
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 (?)
1.5
S
2.2
S
2
S
1.7
S
1.9
S
2
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.4
S
1.3
SSW
1
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
S
1
S
1.4
SSE
1.5
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
Period(s) (?)566666666655555655445655
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)124342318205256295214166149126103887475112106563919381001418560
Wind
(km/h)
40
SSE
55
S
40
SSW
25
S
50
S
45
S
40
SSE
45
SSE
40
SSE
35
SSE
35
SE
35
SE
35
SE
35
SSE
35
S
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
25
SSE
30
SE
45
SSE
35
S
20
SSW
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:27AM
6.65
12:45PM
6.60
1:05AM
6.79
1:24PM
6.66
1:43AM
6.83
2:04PM
6.62
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:19PM
0.50
7:40AM
0.46
7:56PM
0.42
8:16AM
0.40
8:32PM
0.45
8:53AM
0.44
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sunrise----7:47-------7:46-------7:43---
Sunset------4:25-------4:27-------4:29-
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
rain showers
Rain (mm)
-421123111----------12-1
Temp. °C998899101010998999988777887
Feels °C (?)0-2-12-1-111212121232310-3033
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