Folkestone Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s cookin’ for Folkestone over the next couple weeks.

Well, I gotta be straight with you—this is one of those tough outlooks where patience is gonna be tested. We’re lookin' at a long, quiet stretch ahead. There’s no real surf on offer right from the get-go, and honestly, it’s a pretty flat run for the next 16 days. The first few days are a total write-off with barely a ripple, and that pattern hangs around for a while.

From Tuesday the 1st right through to Sunday the 6th, it’s mostly tiny stuff—knee-high at best—with the swell energy just a whisper (single digits in the combined energy). Winds are messy, mostly cross or cross-off, and the water temperature is sitting at a very toasty 69°, which is a whopping 5° warmer than normal for this time of year. That’s seriously unusual, a proper warm blanket out there, but it doesn’t help the waves.

We finally start to see a little glimmer around Monday the 7th afternoon, where a small pulse of 3 ft from the SW shows up, but the wind is a fresh cross-shore with a lumpy chop, so it’s gonna be a bumpy mess. The energy is still weak (just 31). Then Tuesday the 8th afternoon brings a slightly cleaner 3 ft SW swell with a 7-second period and energy climbing to 94 - still a weak pulse, not really enough to get excited about, and still a fresh cross-off breeze keeping it clean but ankle to shin high.

The real standout—if you can call it that—is Monday the 14th. For the morning session, Folkestone picks up a 4 ft SW swell, with a period of 5 seconds and a combined energy of 60. That’s the biggest height we see in the whole window. The wind is a fresh cross-onshore though, making it lumpy. It’s not ideal, but it’s the best on offer. If you’re desperate for a paddle, that’s your window. It’s still not great for beginners over 5 ft, but this is under that.

The rest of the second week is more of the same: tiny pulses, weak energy, mostly poor surf conditions. A couple of cleaner windows around Tuesday the 15th and Wednesday the 16th with gentle winds and clean faces, but the swell is only 1 ft to 2 ft. Not worth the drive unless you’ve got a log and a whole lot of hope.

Bottom line: Folkestone is a sheltered beach-and-reef setup that needs a good SW swell and some luck. This forecast isn’t delivering much. No big groundswell here, no long-period energy. Crowds are possible on any small clean day, but there won’t be many. Keep an eye on that Monday the 14th morning if you’re jonesin’, but don’t expect much.

Rusty.

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