Ramsgate surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 29 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
8.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Ramsgate today?

The current surf forecast for Ramsgate at 6PM is: 0.1m 15s primary swell from a West direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 29). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Jan)--
Afternoon (29 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)16s
Evening (29 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)4s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
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 (?)
0.5
NE
0.2
SSE
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.7
SE
0.8
SE
0.9
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.2
WSW
1.2
SE
1.2
SSE
1.2
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.1
SW
0.8
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)421615444455417556666655554
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)0154132429435623192962639414211196879064321516
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
15
SE
15
SE
25
ESE
35
SE
35
SE
35
SE
35
SE
25
SSE
30
SSW
30
S
35
SE
45
SSE
45
S
45
S
45
SSW
35
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
30
S
30
S
25
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
onononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:35AM
3.82
8:14PM
3.75
8:45AM
3.89
9:17PM
3.92
9:48AM
4.05
10:13PM
4.15
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:45PM
1.14
3:27AM
1.17
4:07PM
0.98
4:38AM
0.83
5:07PM
0.76
5:33AM
0.47
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Sunrise7:37-------7:35-------7:33-------
Sunset--4:37-------4:38-------4:40-----
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--------1--12111--------
Temp. °C666666777998988889989888
Feels °C (?)111-1-2-2-1-112200-2-2-203313112
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