Ramsgate surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Wednesday 28 Jan 2026 GMT
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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
8.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Ramsgate today?

The current surf forecast for Ramsgate at 4PM is: 0.1m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 4s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 28). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)19s
Afternoon (28 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)12s
Evening (28 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)4s

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

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Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
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 (?)
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.4
NE
0.1
S
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.6
ESE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SSE
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.9
SSE
1.1
S
1
S
1.3
SSW
1.5
S
Period(s) (?)191812126171751616163444444545566
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)76331650555817242626322427305255106149
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
WNW
10
E
15
ESE
20
ESE
20
SE
20
ESE
25
ESE
30
SE
25
SE
30
SE
30
SSE
25
SSE
30
S
30
SSE
45
SE
40
SSE
50
S
50
S
45
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrossglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:23AM
3.86
7:06PM
3.70
7:35AM
3.82
8:14PM
3.75
8:45AM
3.89
9:17PM
3.92
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:06PM
1.09
1:49AM
1.33
2:45PM
1.14
3:27AM
1.17
4:07PM
0.98
4:38AM
0.83
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunrise7:37-------7:37-------7:35-------
Sunset--4:36-------4:37-------4:38-----
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------1-11-1111-
Temp. °C788776766666667778889887
Feels °C (?)45655441111-1-2-100111-10-3-3-3
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