Folkestone Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, folks, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what's on the table for the next two weeks. I gotta be straight with you: this stretch is a tough one. The swell is off and on, and even when it shows up, it’s small and choppy. We’ve got a lot of flat days coming up, so patience is the name of the game. The whole forecast is for Folkestone, a sheltered beach and reef setup, and it’s a long wait for anything worth paddling out for.

The best you’ll see is a quick little spike next week, but it’s not going to be pretty. For most of this run, you’re better off doing something else.

Right now and through most of this week, it’s pretty bleak. Monday the 14th starts with tiny waves, like 0.3 ft, and it’s cross-off wind. It’s just not happening. That flat spell hangs around through the 15th, 16th, and into the 17th with nothing but small, messy stuff and some rain. The combined energy is barely registering, often at zero or just a couple of points (2 to 12). It’s a total write-off.

There’s a tiny window on Thursday the 17th afternoon. The swell jumps to 5 ft from the SW, with energy at 146 (moderate). The wind is cross-off, so it’ll be clean on the surface. But the period is a weak 6 seconds, so it’ll be a fat, crumbly mess. It’s the biggest we’ll see for a while, but it’s an intermediate wave at best.

After that, it goes flat again. The 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, and 22nd all see nothing but zeros and tiny 0.3 ft to 1 ft readings. That’s a solid five days of flatness.

Now, the week starting Sunday the 27th brings a little more hope, but it’s a long way out. Sunday the 27th afternoon has a 4 ft SW swell, period at 5 seconds and energy at 51. It’s weak and onshore with a cross-on wind, so expect chop. Then on Monday the 28th afternoon, the swell nudges up to 5 ft from the SSW, with solid energy of 143. The wind is light cross-on, so it’ll be lumpy. The reef might put something together, but the period is only 6 seconds. It’s not the clean, lined-up stuff we dream about. This is the standout for the whole 16-day run, but that’s not saying much. It’s an intermediate option on a good day, but here it’s just the best of a poor lot.

Crowds at Folkestone are a “sometimes” thing, and with how inconsistent the surf is, you might have it to yourself on these marginal days. On the plus side, any NW or offshore wind we see will keep the surface glassy, like on Wednesday the 16th morning, but there’s no swell to ride.

All in all, we’ve got a long gap of almost no surf from now until the 17th, then another gap from the 18th to the 27th. The only real puff of interest is that 5 ft on the 28th. For a break that’s inconsistent, this kind of blank run is more normal. Fingers crossed the charts change, but for now, it’s a very quiet period.

Rusty.

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