Folkestone surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Monday 09 Feb 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
9.0° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Folkestone today?

The current surf forecast for Folkestone at 2AM is: 1.0m 5s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm February 09). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 4s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.1m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Feb)2ft (0.6m)4s
Afternoon (10 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)5s
Evening (10 Feb)2ft (0.6m)4s

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

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Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
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 (?)
0.6
S
0.7
SSE
0.9
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
S
0.8
S
0.6
S
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
S
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)444555445545666656445666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)101528524829143748231225387979104706125192132148
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SE
25
SSE
15
SSW
20
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
S
15
S
25
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
35
SW
30
SSW
30
SE
40
WSW
50
SW
45
NW
30
WNW
25
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
off
crossoffoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:06PM
5.34
4:31AM
5.27
5:02PM
4.93
5:35AM
4.89
6:17PM
4.66
6:55AM
4.71
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:38PM
1.71
11:03AM
1.86
11:21PM
2.08
11:53AM
2.20
12:21AM
2.39
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Sunrise------7:18-------7:16-------7:13-
Sunset4:59-------5:00-------5:02-------
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---11----322------410111-
Temp. °C9998910101010101011101010111010911109910
Feels °C (?)433147644676444424330024
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