- Forecast
- Maps
- Live
- Weather State
- Spot Information
Surf Forecasts:
Ramsgate surfForecast / South Coast / UK
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Sunday 31 May 2026 BSTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Ramsgate surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Ramsgate sea temperature is
14.7° C
(Which is 2.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Ramsgate today (31 May):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (31 May, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 5s period with SW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (31 May, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 5s period with SSW swell.
The current surf forecast for Ramsgate at 11PM is: 0.5m 5s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm May 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (31 May) | - | - |
| Afternoon (31 May) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 5s |
| Evening (31 May) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 5s |
Table - waves today at Ramsgate. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Short Range ForecastModerate rain (total 14mm), heaviest on Tue afternoon. Warm (max 21°C on Sun afternoon, min 12°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WSW on Sun afternoon, strong winds from the SW by Wed morning). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sun 31 | Monday 1 | Tuesday 2 | Wed 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | |
Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
SW 5 | SSW 5 | SSW 5 | SW 5 | SSW 5 | SW 5 | N 10 | SSW 3 | SSW 4 | SSW 4 | W 11 | W 10 | SSW 2 | W 6 | SW 4 | SSW 4 | SSW 4 | SW 5 | SW 5 | SW 5 | SW 4 | SW 4 | SW 5 | SSW 5 | |
23 | 34 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 21 | 35 | 42 | 30 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 87 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-on | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | |
High Tide | 00:28AM4.14m | 12:46PM4.16m | 1:06AM4.13m | 1:23PM4.16m | 1:44AM4.06m | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 7:11PM0.73m | 7:29AM0.76m | 7:47PM0.68m | 8:05AM0.79m | 8:25PM0.68m | 8:42AM0.85m | ||||||||||||||||||
 |  |  | | | | | | | |  | |  |  | |  | | | | | |  | | | |
 | — | — | — | — | 4:43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4:43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4:41 | — | — | — |
 | — | 8:59 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9:00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9:00 | — | — | — | — | — | 9:01 |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Temp °C | 21 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 16 |
19 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 4 | SSW 5 | SSW 5 | SW 5 | SSW 5 | — | — | — | N 9 | N 9 | N 9 | N 9 | N 8 | — | — | — | N 7 | N 7 | N 7 | N 7 | N 7 | N 7 | N 7 | N 7 |
 kJ | 1 | 34 | 15 | 7 | 5 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | N 10 | N 10 | — | — | W 5 | W 7 | W 10 | — | W 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | W 11 | N 5 | — | W 11 | W 11 | W 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 5 | SW 5 | — | — | WNW 2 | SW 5 | — | SSW 3 | SSW 4 | SSW 4 | SSW 3 | SSW 3 | SSW 2 | S 2 | SW 4 | SSW 4 | SSW 4 | SW 5 | SW 5 | SW 5 | SW 4 | SW 4 | SW 5 | SSW 5 |
| kJ | 23 | 107 | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | 7 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 21 | 35 | 42 | 30 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 26 | 87 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 250 | 427 | 191 | 120 | 120 | 160 | 194 | 194 | 194 | 273 | 160 | 273 | 355 | 399 | 191 | 425 | 655 | 355 | 198 | 191 | 191 | 664 | 739 | 677 |
Best forecast wave conditions in South Coast of England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Ramsgate surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest