Folkestone Sea Conditions table showing wave height, swell direction and period.
High and low tide times are also provided on the table along with the moon phase and forecast weather. Sunrise today is at 05:50 AM and sunset is at 07:58 PM.
Days 1–3 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Cool air temperatures (max 11°C on Fri morning, min 4°C on Fri night). Mainly fresh winds. | Days 4–6 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Low air temperatures (max 9°C on Mon afternoon, min 5°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 7–9 Weather SummarySome drizzle, heaviest during Fri morning. Very mild (max 10°C on Fri morning, min 5°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 10–12 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 16mm), heaviest on Mon morning. Very mild (max 11°C on Sun afternoon, min 8°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (calm on Sun morning, fresh winds from the SW by Tue morning). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | Sunday 21 | Monday 22 | Tuesday 23 | Wednesday 24 | Thursday 25 | Friday 26 | Saturday 27 | Sunday 28 | Monday 29 | Tue 30 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 9:23AM4.98m | 9:45PM5.23m | 10:10AM5.36m | 10:27PM5.63m | 10:48AM5.76m | 11:04PM6.01m | 11:23AM6.12m | 11:37PM6.34m | 11:55AM6.41m | 00:10AM6.59m | 12:27PM6.62m | 00:41AM6.74m | 12:59PM6.73m | 1:14AM6.79m | 1:32PM6.74m | 1:48AM6.73m | 2:07PM6.64m | 2:25AM6.56m | 2:45PM6.42m | 3:05AM6.28m | 3:28PM6.10m | 3:52AM5.91m | 4:20PM5.73m | ||||||||||||
Low Tide | 4:23PM2.00m | 4:49AM1.70m | 5:09PM1.61m | 5:30AM1.30m | 5:47PM1.24m | 6:05AM0.95m | 6:21PM0.92m | 6:38AM0.68m | 6:54PM0.69m | 7:11AM0.51m | 7:27PM0.56m | 7:44AM0.45m | 8:01PM0.54m | 8:18AM0.51m | 8:35PM0.64m | 8:54AM0.67m | 9:12PM0.83m | 9:31AM0.90m | 9:51PM1.08m | 10:13AM1.18m | 10:36PM1.37m | 11:01AM1.47m | |||||||||||||
SW 6 | WSW 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 5 | NE 5 | NE 5 | NE 5 | NE 5 | NE 5 | NE 5 | ENE 4 | NE 4 | NE 3 | NNE 4 | SW 4 | NNE 4 | N 5 | N 5 | NNE 5 | SW 2 | SW 4 | SSW 3 | SW 3 | SW 3 | SW 4 | W 4 | ENE 4 | NE 4 | NE 6 | NE 6 | SSW 5 | SW 5 | |
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light rain | rain shwrs | clear | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | clear | cloudy | cloudy | light rain | rain shwrs | clear | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | rain shwrs | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | light rain | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | mod rain | mod rain | cloudy | rain shwrs | some clouds | |
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1.0 | 1.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 1.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.0 | — | — | — | — | 1.0 | — | — | — | 8 | 6 | — | 1.0 | — | |
max°C | 11 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 |
Moonrise | — | 3:10 | — | — | 4:20 | — | — | 5:29 | — | — | 6:39 | — | — | 7:51 | — | — | — | 9:06 | — | — | 10:24 | — | — | 11:41 | — | — | — | 12:52 | — | — | 1:51 | — | — | 2:36 | — |
Moonset | 4:44 | — | — | 4:55 | — | — | 5:05 | — | — | 5:15 | — | — | 5:25 | — | — | 5:38 | — | — | 5:54 | — | — | 6:16 | — | — | 6:47 | — | — | 7:31 | — | — | 8:32 | — | — | 9:48 | — |
 | 5:50 | — | — | 5:48 | — | — | 5:47 | — | — | 5:45 | — | — | 5:43 | — | — | 5:41 | — | — | 5:39 | — | — | 5:37 | — | — | 5:35 | — | — | 5:33 | — | — | 5:31 | — | — | 5:28 | — |
 | — | 7:58 | — | — | 8:00 | — | — | 8:00 | — | — | 8:02 | — | — | 8:04 | — | — | 8:06 | — | — | 8:07 | — | — | 8:08 | — | — | 8:10 | — | — | 8:13 | — | — | 8:14 | — | — | 8:15 |
Today's sea temperature in Folkestone is 10.8 °C (Statistics for 19 Apr 1981-2005 – mean: 9.2 max: 10.7 min: 7.4°C) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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