Folkestone Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here, with the long-range look for the next couple of weeks.

Honestly, we’re looking at a real quiet spell. The swell window is mostly closed for us, with the odd little bump here and there but nothing that’s going to get the heart racing. It's the kind of forecast that makes you grateful for a good book. We've got a solid stretch of near-flatness ahead, especially from the 4th through to the 10th of September.

Let’s talk about Folkestone (Folkestone). It's a sheltered, inconsistent setup, and we’re paying for that protection now. The best we get is on the morning of Thursday, September 3rd. We’ll have a weak 3ft SW swell coming through with a short 6-second period. The combined swell energy is a meagre 62, so there’s hardly any punch. The cross-off wind from the WSW at 19 mph will keep the surface clean, but it’s a grind for an intermediate.

There’s a slight flicker on the afternoon of the 3rd, swell bumps to 4ft from the SW, but the period stays a tiny 5 seconds, and the wind picks up to 22 mph from the SW making it a cross-off mess.

We then hit a proper dead patch. From Friday the 4th all the way through to Thursday the 10th, it’s flat or close to it, with nothing over 3ft and most of that coming with terrible wind. The energy readings are in the single digits or zero. Not worth paddling for.

Things get a tiny bit more interesting heading into the second week. Friday the 11th of September morning shows a 2ft SW swell with a 3-second period, just weak and messy. The afternoon is a bit better with a 2ft SW swell and a 4-second period, but it’s still a cross-shore wind and the energy is only 13. This setup looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing.

From Saturday the 12th all the way through the end of the 16-day window, it’s back to tiny blips. We're talking 0.3ft to 1ft swells from the W and SSW. The winds are mostly offshore or cross-off, giving us clean conditions, but with that little swell, there’s nothing to ride. On the morning of the 18th we get a fresh offshore breeze from the NW at 19 mph, but there is zero swell. It’s all tease and no show.

So, the standout is really the morning of the 3rd at Folkestone, and even that is more about getting wet than getting good waves. The water temp is about average for this time of year.

Keep your expectations low and your wax fresh. It won't be this quiet forever.

Rusty.

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