Ramsgate surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 17 Mar 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
9.4° C
(Which is 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ramsgate today?

The current surf forecast for Ramsgate at 2PM is: 0.7m 4s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am March 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Mar)3ft (0.9m)4s
Afternoon (17 Mar)2ft (0.6m)4s
Evening (17 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)3s

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


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Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Fri
20
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
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 (?)
0.8
SW
0.7
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.4
S
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.5
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.7
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
ENE
Period(s) (?)554445333344444444444444
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)28192528141233461010101629272119141310121816
Wind
(km/h)
25
SW
25
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
15
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
25
SE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
E
25
ENE
25
E
25
ENE
20
E
20
E
25
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
25
NE
20
NE
20
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:22AM
3.96
10:35PM
4.29
11:02AM
4.31
11:14PM
4.61
11:41AM
4.60
11:53PM
4.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:05AM
0.65
5:21PM
0.78
5:43AM
0.29
5:59PM
0.51
6:20AM
0.02
6:36PM
0.31
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Fri
20
Sunrise--6:05-------6:01-------6:00-----
Sunset-----6:00-------6:02-------6:04--
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C999101113141210991012121111108899101111
Feels °C (?)44346101076434554553344466
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