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 05:39 AM and sunset is at 08:07 PM.
Days 1–3 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 27mm), heaviest during Sat night. Cool air temperatures (max 12°C on Sat morning, min 7°C on Thu night). Mainly fresh winds. | Days 4–6 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 15mm), heaviest on Tue night. Cool air temperatures (max 12°C on Sun morning, min 6°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SSW on Sun afternoon, calm by Mon afternoon). | Days 7–9 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Very mild (max 15°C on Thu afternoon, min 9°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (calm on Wed afternoon, fresh winds from the N by Fri morning). | Days 10–12 Weather SummarySome drizzle, heaviest during Mon night. Very mild (max 13°C on Sun afternoon, min 7°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NNE on Sat morning, calm by Sun night). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 25 | Friday 26 | Saturday 27 | Sunday 28 | Monday 29 | Tuesday 30 | Wednesday 1 | Thursday 2 | Friday 3 | Saturday 4 | Sunday 5 | Monday 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 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 | 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 | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 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 | 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 | ||||||||||||
NW 4 | SW 5 | SW 4 | SE 3 | ENE 3 | ENE 4 | SE 4 | E 3 | SE 4 | S 5 | SSW 6 | SW 6 | SW 5 | SW 4 | E 3 | NE 4 | NE 4 | NE 4 | NE 4 | NE 5 | NNE 4 | NE 4 | NE 5 | NNE 4 | NNE 5 | NNE 5 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 4 | SW 3 | SW 5 | |
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light rain | light rain | light rain | cloudy | cloudy | mod rain | some clouds | light rain | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | clear | some clouds | clear | some clouds | light rain | cloudy | light rain | heavy rain | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | clear | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | light rain | |
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1.0 | 2.0 | 5 | — | — | 8 | — | 2.0 | 9 | 1.0 | — | — | — | — | 1.0 | — | 2.0 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.0 | |
max°C | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 |
Moonrise | — | — | 10:24 | — | — | 11:41 | — | — | — | 12:52 | — | — | 1:51 | — | — | 2:36 | — | — | 3:07 | — | — | 3:30 | — | — | 3:47 | — | — | 4:01 | — | — | 4:15 | — | — | 4:28 | — | — |
Moonset | 5:54 | — | — | 6:16 | — | — | 6:47 | — | — | 7:31 | — | — | 8:32 | — | — | 9:48 | — | — | 11:13 | — | — | 12:41 | — | — | 2:09 | — | — | — | 3:36 | — | — | 5:04 | — | — | 6:33 | — |
 | 5:39 | — | — | 5:37 | — | — | 5:35 | — | — | 5:33 | — | — | 5:31 | — | — | 5:28 | — | — | 5:26 | — | — | 5:24 | — | — | 5:24 | — | — | 5:22 | — | — | 5:20 | — | — | 5:18 | — | — |
 | — | 8:07 | — | — | 8:08 | — | — | 8:10 | — | — | 8:13 | — | — | 8:14 | — | — | 8:15 | — | — | 8:16 | — | — | 8:19 | — | — | 8:21 | — | — | 8:22 | — | — | 8:23 | — | — | 8:24 | — |
Today's sea temperature in Folkestone is 10.6 °C (Statistics for 25 Apr 1981-2005 – mean: 9.6 max: 11.1 min: 7.6°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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