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 04:54 AM and sunset is at 09:06 PM.
Days 1–3 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm air temperatures (max 21°C on Sun afternoon, min 14°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NE on Sun morning, strong winds from the SW by Tue afternoon). | Days 4–6 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Warm air temperatures (max 24°C on Fri afternoon, min 17°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 7–9 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 11mm), heaviest on Sun night. Warm (max 22°C on Sat morning, min 15°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SW on Sat afternoon, light winds from the SSW by Sun afternoon). | Days 10–12 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm (max 20°C on Thu afternoon, min 14°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SW on Wed morning, light winds from the WSW by Thu morning). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sunday 13 | Monday 14 | Tuesday 15 | Wednesday 16 | Thursday 17 | Friday 18 | Saturday 19 | Sunday 20 | Monday 21 | Tuesday 22 | Wednesday 23 | Thursday 24 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 1:42PM6.63m | 2:02AM6.55m | 2:23PM6.71m | 2:44AM6.55m | 3:06PM6.69m | 3:29AM6.45m | 3:52PM6.56m | 4:19AM6.27m | 4:43PM6.34m | 5:13AM6.02m | 5:41PM6.08m | 6:16AM5.79m | 6:47PM5.87m | 7:25AM5.65m | 7:56PM5.78m | 8:34AM5.67m | 9:03PM5.85m | 9:36AM5.83m | 10:03PM6.03m | 10:33AM6.06m | 10:58PM6.25m | 11:24AM6.32m | 11:48PM6.44m | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 8:36AM0.56m | 8:59PM0.54m | 9:16AM0.52m | 9:39PM0.49m | 9:56AM0.57m | 10:19PM0.54m | 10:37AM0.70m | 11:01PM0.67m | 11:20AM0.91m | 11:46PM0.88m | 12:07PM1.16m | 00:37AM1.12m | 1:01PM1.43m | 1:37AM1.36m | 2:09PM1.63m | 2:55AM1.49m | 3:35PM1.64m | 4:19AM1.39m | 4:54PM1.41m | 5:28AM1.10m | 5:56PM1.05m | 6:23AM0.78m | 6:48PM0.70m | |||||||||||||
NE 5.0 | NE 5.0 | NE 4.0 | SW 4.0 | SW 5.0 | SW 5.0 | SW 5.0 | SW 6.0 | SW 8.0 | SW 7.0 | SW 5.0 | SW 5.0 | SW 5.0 | SW 4.0 | SW 4.0 | WSW 5.0 | SW 8.0 | ENE 3.0 | WSW 7.0 | SW 4.0 | SW 5.0 | SW 4.0 | SW 4.0 | WSW 5.0 | SW 4.0 | SW 4.0 | SW 5.0 | SW 5.0 | SW 4.0 | SW 4.0 | SW 4.0 | SW 5.0 | SW 6.0 | SW 6.0 | SW 3.0 | SW 3.0 | |
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clear | clear | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | clear | some clouds | some clouds | clear | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | rain shwrs | risk tstorm | clear | some clouds | some clouds | light rain | light rain | rain shwrs | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | clear | clear | clear | clear | |
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max°C | 20 | 21 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 20 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 18 |
Moonrise | — | — | 10:43 | — | — | 10:57 | — | — | 11:09 | — | — | 11:22 | — | — | 11:36 | — | — | 11:53 | — | — | — | 12:15 | — | — | 12:48 | — | — | 1:36 | — | — | 2:42 | — | — | 4:02 | — | — |
Moonset | 7:34 | — | — | 8:56 | — | — | 10:18 | — | — | 11:40 | — | — | 1:03 | — | — | 2:30 | — | — | — | 3:59 | — | — | 5:28 | — | — | 6:50 | — | — | 7:56 | — | — | 8:43 | — | — | — | 9:15 |
 | 4:54 | — | — | 4:54 | — | — | 4:56 | — | — | 4:58 | — | — | 4:58 | — | — | 5:00 | — | — | 5:01 | — | — | 5:03 | — | — | 5:03 | — | — | 5:05 | — | — | 5:05 | — | — | 5:07 | — | — |
 | — | — | 9:06 | — | — | 9:05 | — | — | 9:04 | — | — | 9:02 | — | — | 9:01 | — | — | 9:00 | — | — | 9:00 | — | 8:59 | — | — | 8:58 | — | — | 8:55 | — | — | 8:54 | — | — | 8:53 | — |
Today's sea temperature in Folkestone is 17.8 °C (Statistics for 13 Jul 1981-2005 – mean: 15.6 max: 16.9 min: 14.4°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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