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 SummaryModerate rain (total 18mm), heaviest on Fri night. Cool air temperatures (max 11°C on Sat morning, min 7°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SW on Thu morning, light winds from the SSE by Sat morning). | Days 4–6 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Sun morning. Cool air temperatures (max 12°C on Tue afternoon, min 7°C on Sun afternoon). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SW on Sun afternoon, calm by Tue night). | Days 7–9 Weather SummarySome drizzle, heaviest during Fri night. Very mild (max 15°C on Wed afternoon, min 8°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NE on Wed morning, fresh winds from the NE by Fri night). | Days 10–12 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Sat morning. Very mild (max 12°C on Sat afternoon, min 7°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSE on Mon afternoon, fresh winds from the SSW by Tue morning). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | NE 3 | NE 3 | ENE 4 | S 4 | S 4 | SE 3 | S 5 | SSW 6 | SW 5 | SSW 3 | SSW 3 | ENE 3 | E 3 | ESE 4 | NE 4 | NE 3 | NE 3 | NE 4 | NE 5 | NE 5 | NE 5 | NE 5 | NE 5 | NE 5 | NE 5 | NE 5 | NNE 5 | NE 5 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 5 | |
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light rain | light rain | light rain | cloudy | cloudy | mod rain | some clouds | light rain | light rain | rain shwrs | some clouds | clear | clear | some clouds | cloudy | light rain | light rain | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | some clouds | clear | rain shwrs | light rain | rain shwrs | cloudy | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | |
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1.0 | 3 | 4 | — | — | 6 | — | 1.0 | 3 | 2.0 | — | — | — | — | — | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.0 | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
max°C | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 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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