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Ramsgate surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Thursday 08 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
7.4° C
 (Which is 1.2°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ramsgate today?

The current surf forecast for Ramsgate at 5AM is: 1.0m 7s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 08). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 5s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.9m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)2ft (0.6m)6s
Afternoon (09 Jan)1ft (0.3m)6s
Evening (09 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)8s

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

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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM
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
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SSE
1.7
S
1.5
S
0.8
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
1.7
NNW
0.1
SW
0.2
WSW
0.5
W
0.4
WSW
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
SW
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.4
SE
0.7
SSE
1.1
S
1.5
S
Period(s) (?)46766106686671212121211111173345
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)58185208562524602421153353222131248129
Wind
(km/h)
40
SSE
50
S
35
E
40
NW
55
NW
60
NW
55
NW
55
NW
55
NW
50
NNW
50
NNW
50
NNW
45
NNW
40
NNW
35
N
25
N
20
NNE
10
NE
10
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
35
S
45
S
50
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crossononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:07AM
4.30
3:46PM
3.86
3:55AM
4.07
4:35PM
3.66
4:46AM
3.82
5:28PM
3.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:38PM
0.84
10:06AM
0.42
10:17PM
1.04
10:46AM
0.69
10:56PM
1.22
11:27AM
0.96
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise----7:56-------7:56-------7:54---
Sunset------4:05-------4:07-------4:07-
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light rain
light rain
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light rain
light rain
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cloud
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Rain (mm)
815233321-11------------
Temp. °C986633333322344433312344
Feels °C (?)1-3-2-3-9-10-10-9-9-9-10-9-8-6-5-4-3-1-1-5-5-6-6-7
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