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 — and sunset is at 03:52 PM.
Days 1–4 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Low air temperatures (max 7°C on Sat afternoon, min 1°C on Thu night). Mainly strong winds. | Days 5–7 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Low air temperatures (max 8°C on Mon night, min 3°C on Tue night). Mainly fresh winds. | Days 8–10 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Mild temperatures (max 7°C on Fri night, min 1°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the NNW on Wed night, light winds from the W by Fri morning). | Days 11–13 Weather SummaryMild with light rain (total 4mm) on Sun morning. Becoming colder with a light covering of snow, mostly falling on Tue morning. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 7°C on Sat afternoon, min -1°C on Tue morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the SE on Mon afternoon, near gales from the S by Tue morning). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thu 25 | Friday 26 | Saturday 27 | Sunday 28 | Monday 29 | Tuesday 30 | Wednesday 31 | Thursday 1 | Friday 2 | Saturday 3 | Sunday 4 | Monday 5 | Tue 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 2:22PM6.09m | 2:45AM6.19m | 3:09PM5.93m | 3:35AM6.03m | 4:04PM5.76m | 4:32AM5.86m | 5:08PM5.63m | 5:39AM5.76m | 6:18PM5.62m | 6:49AM5.81m | 7:26PM5.77m | 7:54AM6.00m | 8:28PM6.03m | 8:53AM6.28m | 9:24PM6.33m | 9:48AM6.56m | 10:15PM6.62m | 10:39AM6.80m | 11:04PM6.84m | 11:27AM6.92m | 11:52PM6.95m | 12:15PM6.93m | 00:38AM6.95m | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 9:31PM1.05m | 9:56AM1.07m | 10:13PM1.21m | 10:40AM1.18m | 11:00PM1.37m | 11:30AM1.30m | 11:53PM1.51m | 12:28PM1.38m | 00:58AM1.60m | 1:40PM1.38m | 2:16AM1.55m | 2:58PM1.23m | 3:34AM1.30m | 4:09PM0.93m | 4:39AM0.94m | 5:08PM0.59m | 5:34AM0.57m | 6:00PM0.31m | 6:24AM0.28m | 6:47PM0.15m | 7:11AM0.13m | 7:32PM0.13m | 7:55AM0.12m | |||||||||||||
ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 5 | ENE 6 | ENE 5 | ENE 5 | ENE 5 | ENE 6 | NE 7 | NE 7 | ENE 5 | ENE 4 | NE 3 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 8 | NE 8 | W 4 | NNE 5 | NE 8 | NE 8 | NE 7 | WSW 4 | SW 5 | SW 7 | WSW 6 | WSW 7 | WSW 5 | WSW 6 | NE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | SSW 5 | SSW 7 | |
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some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | some clouds | clear | some clouds | cloudy | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | cloudy | cloudy | rain shwrs | clear | rain shwrs | clear | some clouds | light rain | mod snow | |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | |
max°C | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Moonrise | — | — | 11:11 | — | — | 11:23 | — | — | 11:36 | — | — | 11:51 | — | — | 12:11 | — | — | 12:40 | — | — | 1:22 | — | — | 2:24 | — | — | — | 3:44 | — | — | 5:14 | — | — | 6:43 | — | — |
Moonset | — | 9:49 | — | — | 11:07 | — | — | — | 12:27 | — | — | 1:51 | — | — | 3:19 | — | — | 4:51 | — | — | 6:20 | — | — | 7:37 | — | — | 8:34 | — | — | 9:13 | — | — | 9:39 | — | — | 9:57 |
 | — | — | 7:58 | — | — | 7:58 | — | — | 7:58 | — | — | 7:58 | — | — | 7:58 | — | — | 7:58 | — | — | 7:58 | — | — | 7:58 | — | — | 7:58 | — | — | 7:58 | — | — | 7:58 | — | — | 7:56 |
 | 3:52 | — | — | 3:52 | — | — | 3:53 | — | — | 3:55 | — | — | 3:55 | — | — | 3:56 | — | — | 3:56 | — | — | 3:59 | — | — | 4:00 | — | — | 4:00 | — | — | 4:01 | — | — | 4:02 | — | — |
Today's sea temperature in Folkestone is 11.4° C (Statistics for 25 Dec 1981-2005 – mean: 9.6 max: 11.2 min: 8.4°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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