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 SummaryLight rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Cool air temperatures (max 12°C on Mon night, min 7°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Mon morning, calm by Tue afternoon). | Days 4–6 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Cool air temperatures (max 12°C on Thu afternoon, min 6°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (near gales from the S on Thu afternoon, light winds from the WNW by Sat night). | Days 7–9 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Mild temperatures (max 7°C on Sun morning, min 4°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 10–12 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Mild temperatures (max 8°C on Wed morning, min 5°C on Thu afternoon). Mainly fresh winds. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Monday 15 | Tuesday 16 | Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | Sunday 21 | Monday 22 | Tuesday 23 | Wednesday 24 | Thursday 25 | Friday 26 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 7:38AM5.30m | 8:08PM5.27m | 8:28AM5.45m | 8:54PM5.48m | 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 | ||||||||||||
Low Tide | 2:28PM1.82m | 2:57AM1.93m | 3:27PM1.68m | 3:52AM1.73m | 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 | |||||||||||||
SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 5 | SSW 5 | SW 5 | NNE 3 | NNW 5 | SW 2 | SSW 5 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 7 | SW 7 | SW 6 | SW 4 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SSW 7 | SW 6 | SW 5 | NW 4 | N 3 | NNE 5 | NE 6 | NNE 5 | SW 3 | NNE 4 | NE 6 | NE 5 | NE 5 | NE 4 | NE 4 | NE 5 | NE 6 | NE 5 | NE 6 | |
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cloudy | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | light rain | rain shwrs | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | some clouds | light rain | cloudy | clear | clear | cloudy | cloudy | light rain | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | clear | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | clear | clear | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | |
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— | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
max°C | 9 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Moonrise | 3:21 | — | — | 4:33 | — | — | 5:45 | — | — | 6:56 | — | — | 8:00 | — | — | 8:53 | — | — | 9:35 | — | — | 10:05 | — | — | 10:27 | — | — | 10:44 | — | — | 10:58 | — | — | 11:11 | — | — |
Moonset | 12:53 | — | — | 1:09 | — | — | 1:31 | — | — | 2:01 | — | — | 2:42 | — | — | — | 3:37 | — | — | 4:43 | — | — | 5:57 | — | — | 7:14 | — | — | 8:32 | — | — | — | 9:49 | — | — | 11:07 |
 | 7:52 | — | — | 7:52 | — | — | 7:52 | — | — | 7:54 | — | — | 7:54 | — | — | 7:54 | — | — | 7:56 | — | — | 7:56 | — | — | 7:56 | — | — | 7:56 | — | — | 7:56 | — | — | 7:58 | — | — |
 | — | 3:48 | — | — | 3:48 | — | — | 3:48 | — | — | 3:48 | — | — | 3:48 | — | — | 3:48 | — | — | 3:49 | — | — | 3:49 | — | — | 3:51 | — | — | 3:52 | — | — | 3:52 | — | — | 3:52 | — |
Today's sea temperature in Folkestone is 11.6° C (Statistics for 15 Dec 1981-2005 – mean: 10.2 max: 11.4 min: 9.0°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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