Surf Forecasts:
Ramsgate (The Wall) surf forecast from 3 Sep 2026:
- Most powerful swell: Friday 4 Sep, 10AM (local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 6s period, SW swell with 124 kJ wave energy.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Ramsgate (The Wall) this week:
The most powerful waves expected at Ramsgate (The Wall) in the next 16 days are 1.3m 6s and forecast to arrive on Friday (Sep 04) at 10AM. Winds are predicted to be cross-offshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 0.9m 4s period and expected on Tuesday (Sep 08) at 10AM.
| Wave Type | Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | - | - |
| Best Surf | - | - |
| Most Powerful | 10AM (Fri 4th Sep) | 4.5ft (1.3m) 6s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Ramsgate (The Wall) over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Right, let’s be straight with this one – Ramsgate (The Wall) is a sheltered little breakwater job that gets pretty fussy. Over the next 16 days, there’s not a sniff of decent surf on offer here. The swell just never gets its act together. A few small pulses pop up, but they’re completely overwhelmed by the wrong wind or just too weak to break clean.
Thursday the 3rd starts off with a tiny 3 ft SW swell, 6-second period – that’s short-period, windswelly junk. Wind is a messy 19 mph cross-shore out of the WSW, so it’s lumpy and cross-chop all morning. Combined swell energy is tiny at just 38. Afternoon won’t save you: 4 ft, still only 6 seconds, and the cross-wind just chops it up. No scores here.
Friday the 4th brings a little better shape – 4 ft SW swell in the morning, period still only 6 seconds, but the wind shifts to a W 22 mph cross-offshore, so it’s clean. Energy bumps slightly to 124 (moderate). Still, that’s not really rideable – it’s messy and short-period. Afternoon drops off fast to 2 ft.
Saturday the 5th is flat, with a 0.3 ft blip. By Saturday afternoon there’s literally no swell. That flat spell stretches out. Sunday the 6th gets a tiny 2 ft SE windswell at 3 seconds – hopeless. Monday the 7th has 2–2 ft of weak 4–5 second junk. Tuesday the 8th is flat again in the morning, then a 3 ft WSW 4-second windswell in the afternoon – all cross-shore chop. Not worth a paddle.
From there, the whole second week is just dead. Wednesday 9th to Friday 18th September sees either flat seas or the occasional 0.3–2 ft of nothing. A few offshore breezes blow clean, but with zero swell, it’s just a smooth lake. The best you get is a glassy moment Friday 11th afternoon with 2 ft SW and 3 mph NW wind – but it’s weak and small (energy 14). Saturday 12th has a clean, offshore 1 ft – still nothing.
This break is inconsistent as a rule, and this run proves it. There’s simply nothing here for a surfer across the whole 16 days. If you’re into kiting, that Friday 4th morning with cross-offshore wind and 4 ft might be worth a look – but for a paddle? Leave the board at home. Forecast confidence is high for the near-term: there’s just no surf.
Rusty
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 24°C on Thu afternoon, min 14°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the WSW on Thu night, light winds from the SSE by Sat afternoon). | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm (max 25°C on Sun night, min 14°C on Mon night). Mainly fresh winds. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 3 | Friday 4 | Saturday 5 | Sunday 6 | Monday 7 | Tuesday 8 | Wednesday 9 | |||||||||||||||
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 6 | SW 6 | SW 5 | SW 6 | SSW 6 | SW 5 | SW 5 | N 8 | W 5 | SE 3 | S 4 | SSW 3 | SW 4 | SSW 5 | SW 5 | W 4 | WSW 4 | SW 5 | SW 5 | W 9 | WSW 5 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 38 | 75 | 48 | 124 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 47 | 0 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-off |
High Tide | 4:20PM4.34m | 4:50AM4.01m | 5:15PM4.03m | 5:50AM3.73m | 6:24PM3.74m | 7:04AM3.55m | 7:46PM3.60m | 8:23AM3.57m | 9:05PM3.67m | 9:34AM3.78m | 10:12PM3.89m | 10:32AM4.09m | 11:07PM4.16m | ||||||||
Low Tide | 10:37AM0.75m | 11:05PM0.70m | 11:21AM0.97m | 11:56PM1.01m | 12:20PM1.21m | 1:09AM1.29m | 1:54PM1.34m | 2:55AM1.38m | 3:42PM1.19m | 4:24AM1.20m | 4:56PM0.82m | 5:25AM0.92m | 5:51PM0.42m | ||||||||
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 | 6:09 | — | — | 6:09 | — | — | 6:11 | — | — | 6:13 | — | — | 6:15 | — | — | 6:16 | — | — | 6:18 | — | — |
 | — | 7:37 | — | — | 7:35 | — | — | 7:31 | — | — | 7:30 | — | — | 7:28 | — | — | 7:25 | — | — | 7:22 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 23 | 24 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 22 | 25 | 22 | 22 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 17 |
Feels °C | 19 | 20 | 13 | 17 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 15 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | N 11 | N 10 | SSW 6 | SW 5 | SW 5 | — | NE 8 | — | ESE 4 | E 3 | NE 6 | NE 6 | — | — | NW 4 | SW 5 | SW 5 | NNE 8 | NNE 9 |
| kJ | — | — | 2 | 2 | 33 | 5 | 1 | — | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 16 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | N 7 | N 7 | N 8 | N 8 | — | N 8 | N 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | NE 8 | SW 4 | N 4 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | N 10 | — | N 7 | — | W 5 | N 8 | N 8 | NE 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | W 9 | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 6 | SW 6 | SW 5 | SW 6 | WNW 3 | NNW 4 | NW 4 | — | — | SE 3 | S 4 | SSW 3 | SW 4 | SSW 5 | SW 5 | W 4 | WSW 4 | NW 4 | NNW 4 | NNW 4 | WSW 5 |
| kJ | 38 | 75 | 48 | 124 | 2 | 6 | 3 | — | — | 7 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 47 | 23 | 29 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 3 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 349 | 194 | 283 | 250 | 528 | 387 | 298 | 150 | 192 | 214 | 355 | 393 | 507 | 590 | 425 | 623 | 466 | 191 | 208 | 150 | 150 |
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