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 05:28 AM and sunset is at 08:15 PM.
Days 1–3 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Cool air temperatures (max 14°C on Wed morning, min 9°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the ESE on Tue night, fresh winds from the WSW by Thu night). | Days 4–6 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Sun morning. Cool air temperatures (max 14°C on Sun afternoon, min 8°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (light winds from the S on Fri night, fresh winds from the S by Sat afternoon). | Days 7–9 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 13mm), heaviest on Mon morning. Very mild (max 15°C on Tue afternoon, min 8°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SW on Mon night, fresh winds from the N by Wed night). | Days 10–12 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Very mild (max 10°C on Fri morning, min 8°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NNE on Thu morning, light winds from the E by Sat night). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 30 | Wednesday 1 | Thursday 2 | Friday 3 | Saturday 4 | Sunday 5 | Monday 6 | Tuesday 7 | Wednesday 8 | Thursday 9 | Friday 10 | Saturday 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 4:20PM5.73m | 4:50AM5.52m | 5:25PM5.40m | 6:06AM5.26m | 6:48PM5.30m | 7:32AM5.33m | 8:09PM5.55m | 8:45AM5.70m | 9:13PM6.01m | 9:43AM6.19m | 10:06PM6.50m | 10:33AM6.67m | 10:53PM6.93m | 11:18AM7.03m | 11:38PM7.23m | 12:02PM7.22m | 00:21AM7.34m | 12:44PM7.24m | 1:03AM7.25m | 1:25PM7.07m | 1:45AM6.99m | 2:06PM6.75m | 2:27AM6.57m | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 11:01AM1.47m | 11:30PM1.62m | 12:00PM1.71m | 00:36AM1.77m | 1:12PM1.81m | 1:54AM1.72m | 2:32PM1.69m | 3:13AM1.42m | 3:47PM1.35m | 4:20AM0.95m | 4:49PM0.90m | 5:16AM0.48m | 5:41PM0.49m | 6:05AM0.11m | 6:28PM0.20m | 6:50AM-0.09m | 7:12PM0.06m | 7:34AM-0.09m | 7:54PM0.09m | 8:15AM0.08m | 8:36PM0.28m | 8:57AM0.39m | 9:17PM0.59m | |||||||||||||
SSW 4 | S 4 | SW 7 | WSW 6 | SE 3 | NE 4 | NNE 5 | SW 3 | SW 7 | SW 5 | SW 4 | NW 5 | S 4 | S 5 | SSW 6 | SW 5 | SW 5 | SW 5 | SW 6 | SSW 3 | SW 4 | WSW 9 | SW 3 | N 3 | N 4 | N 4 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 5 | NE 5 | NE 4 | ENE 4 | ENE 4 | |
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cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | light rain | cloudy | cloudy | some clouds | clear | some clouds | clear | cloudy | light rain | some clouds | light rain | rain shwrs | cloudy | light rain | cloudy | some clouds | rain shwrs | risk tstorm | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | |
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— | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 4 | 1.0 | — | 5 | — | — | 2.0 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
max°C | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
Moonrise | 2:36 | — | — | 3:07 | — | — | 3:30 | — | — | 3:47 | — | — | 4:01 | — | — | 4:15 | — | — | 4:28 | — | — | 4:44 | — | — | 5:03 | — | — | 5:29 | — | — | 6:05 | — | — | 6:56 | — | — |
Moonset | 9:48 | — | — | 11:13 | — | — | 12:41 | — | — | 2:09 | — | — | — | 3:36 | — | — | 5:04 | — | — | 6:33 | — | — | 8:04 | — | — | — | 9:35 | — | — | 11:01 | — | — | — | 12:15 | — | — |
 | 5:28 | — | — | 5:26 | — | — | 5:24 | — | — | 5:24 | — | — | 5:22 | — | — | 5:20 | — | — | 5:18 | — | — | 5:16 | — | — | 5:15 | — | — | 5:13 | — | — | 5:11 | — | — | 5:09 | — | — |
 | — | 8:15 | — | — | 8:16 | — | — | 8:19 | — | — | 8:21 | — | — | 8:22 | — | — | 8:23 | — | — | 8:24 | — | — | 8:27 | — | — | 8:28 | — | — | 8:30 | — | — | 8:31 | — | — | 8:32 | — |
Today's sea temperature in Folkestone is 10.6 °C (Statistics for 30 Apr 1981-2005 – mean: 10.0 max: 11.1 min: 8.1°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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