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 07:52 AM and sunset is at 03:48 PM.
Days 1–3 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 14mm), heaviest on Wed night. Cool air temperatures (max 12°C on Thu afternoon, min 6°C on Wed morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the WSW on Wed morning, near gales from the SSW by Thu afternoon). | Days 4–6 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sun morning. Cool air temperatures (max 11°C on Sun afternoon, min 7°C on Sat afternoon). Mainly fresh winds. | Days 7–9 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 10mm), heaviest on Wed night. Mild temperatures (max 9°C on Wed morning, min 5°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue morning, fresh winds from the ENE by Thu morning). | Days 10–12 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Mild temperatures (max 7°C on Fri afternoon, min 4°C on Sat morning). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the ENE on Fri afternoon, light winds from the ENE by Sun night). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | Sunday 21 | Monday 22 | Tuesday 23 | Wednesday 24 | Thursday 25 | Friday 26 | Saturday 27 | Sunday 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 9:12AM5.65m | 9:36PM5.70m | 9:53AM5.84m | 10:15PM5.91m | 10:32AM6.03m | 10:52PM6.09m | 11:09AM6.17m | 11:29PM6.24m | 11:46AM6.26m | 00:05AM6.34m | 12:22PM6.29m | 00:42AM6.38m | 1:00PM6.28m | 1:20AM6.38m | 1:39PM6.21m | 2:01AM6.31m | 2:22PM6.09m | 2:45AM6.19m | 3:09PM5.93m | 3:35AM6.03m | 4:04PM5.76m | 4:32AM5.86m | 5:08PM5.63m | 5:39AM5.76m | ||||||||||||
Low Tide | 4:17PM1.49m | 4:39AM1.50m | 5:00PM1.28m | 5:20AM1.28m | 5:40PM1.09m | 6:00AM1.09m | 6:18PM0.94m | 6:39AM0.95m | 6:56PM0.84m | 7:17AM0.87m | 7:34PM0.81m | 7:56AM0.85m | 8:12PM0.84m | 8:35AM0.88m | 8:51PM0.93m | 9:14AM0.96m | 9:31PM1.05m | 9:56AM1.07m | 10:13PM1.21m | 10:40AM1.18m | 11:00PM1.37m | 11:30AM1.30m | 11:53PM1.51m | |||||||||||||
SW 4 | SW 4 | SW 6 | SSW 7 | SSW 7 | SW 7 | SW 6 | SW 4 | SW 5 | SW 4 | SSW 4 | SW 6 | E 3 | S 4 | SSW 4 | SSE 4 | SSW 5 | SW 4 | NW 5 | WNW 4 | S 3 | SSW 4 | ENE 4 | ENE 5 | NE 5 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 5 | NE 5 | NE 4 | |
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some clouds | cloudy | rain shwrs | light rain | light rain | light rain | cloudy | clear | clear | cloudy | cloudy | light rain | light rain | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | clear | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | mod rain | light rain | light rain | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | clear | clear | |
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— | — | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
max°C | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Moonrise | 5:45 | — | — | 6:56 | — | — | 8:00 | — | — | 8:53 | — | — | 9:35 | — | — | 10:05 | — | — | 10:27 | — | — | 10:44 | — | — | 10:58 | — | — | 11:11 | — | — | 11:23 | — | — | 11:36 | — | — |
Moonset | 1:31 | — | — | 2:01 | — | — | 2:42 | — | — | — | 3:37 | — | — | 4:43 | — | — | 5:57 | — | — | 7:14 | — | — | 8:32 | — | — | — | 9:49 | — | — | 11:07 | — | — | — | 12:27 | — | — |
 | 7:52 | — | — | 7:54 | — | — | 7:54 | — | — | 7:54 | — | — | 7:56 | — | — | 7:56 | — | — | 7:56 | — | — | 7:56 | — | — | 7:56 | — | — | 7:58 | — | — | 7:58 | — | — | 7:58 | — | — |
 | — | 3:48 | — | — | 3:48 | — | — | 3:48 | — | — | 3:48 | — | — | 3:49 | — | — | 3:49 | — | — | 3:51 | — | — | 3:52 | — | — | 3:52 | — | — | 3:52 | — | — | 3:53 | — | — | 3:55 | — |
Today's sea temperature in Folkestone is 11.5° C (Statistics for 17 Dec 1981-2005 – mean: 10.0 max: 11.4 min: 8.4°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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