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 05:09 AM and sunset is at 08:32 PM.
Days 1–3 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Wed morning. Cool air temperatures (max 12°C on Tue morning, min 6°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SW on Tue morning, calm by Thu afternoon). | Days 4–6 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sat morning. Cool air temperatures (max 13°C on Sun afternoon, min 6°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 7–9 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Very mild (max 16°C on Wed morning, min 11°C on Mon night). Mainly fresh winds. | Days 10–12 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 27mm), heaviest during Thu night. Very mild (max 19°C on Fri afternoon, min 13°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 13–16 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Very mild (max 17°C on Sun afternoon, min 10°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 12 | Wednesday 13 | Thursday 14 | Friday 15 | Saturday 16 | Sunday 17 | Monday 18 | Tuesday 19 | Wednesday 20 | Thursday 21 | Friday 22 | Saturday 23 | Sunday 24 | Monday 25 | Tuesday 26 | Wed 27 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 8:13AM5.23m | 8:40PM5.54m | 9:10AM5.70m | 9:32PM6.02m | 9:59AM6.21m | 10:19PM6.51m | 10:45AM6.69m | 11:04PM6.94m | 11:29AM7.06m | 11:49PM7.25m | 12:13PM7.27m | 00:34AM7.38m | 12:57PM7.30m | 1:19AM7.31m | 1:43PM7.15m | 2:05AM7.05m | 2:30PM6.84m | 2:54AM6.64m | 3:20PM6.43m | 3:48AM6.14m | 4:16PM5.98m | 4:49AM5.65m | 5:21PM5.59m | 6:02AM5.31m | 6:37PM5.38m | 7:19AM5.22m | 7:48PM5.39m | 8:24AM5.32m | 8:47PM5.53m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 2:53PM1.76m | 3:29AM1.46m | 3:59PM1.42m | 4:29AM1.04m | 4:56PM1.01m | 5:23AM0.61m | 5:48PM0.62m | 6:12AM0.26m | 6:36PM0.32m | 7:00AM0.04m | 7:23PM0.14m | 7:47AM-0.03m | 8:10PM0.11m | 8:34AM0.06m | 8:58PM0.22m | 9:23AM0.30m | 9:47PM0.45m | 10:12AM0.63m | 10:38PM0.76m | 11:04AM1.01m | 11:33PM1.08m | 11:59AM1.37m | 00:32AM1.36m | 1:00PM1.65m | 1:37AM1.55m | 2:07PM1.78m | 2:46AM1.58m | 3:16PM1.75m | |||||||||||||||||||
NE 6 | SW 4 | SW 5 | SW 5 | SW 6 | SW 7 | SW 7 | WNW 6 | NNW 5 | NNE 5 | NNE 6 | NW 5 | NE 7 | NW 4 | NE 7 | NW 5 | SW 4 | SW 4 | SW 4 | SW 4 | SW 3 | SW 3 | SW 4 | SW 4 | SW 3 | SW 3 | SW 3 | SSW 2 | SW 3 | SW 6 | SW 8 | SW 10 | NE 4 | NE 3 | NE 3 | NW 5 | SW 9 | SW 3 | SW 3 | NW 4 | N 4 | SW 3 | W 3 | SW 2 | SW 3 | NNW 3 | NNW 3 | |
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some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | light rain | light rain | some clouds | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | some clouds | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | some clouds | clear | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | heavy rain | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | clear | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | |
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— | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19 | 6 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
max °C | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 13 |
Moonrise | 3:08 | — | — | 3:21 | — | — | 3:34 | — | — | 3:51 | — | — | 4:13 | — | — | 4:44 | — | — | 5:30 | — | — | 6:35 | — | — | 7:57 | — | — | 9:25 | — | — | 10:52 | — | — | 12:14 | — | — | 1:32 | — | — | 2:46 | — | — | — | 4:00 | — | — | 5:13 |
Moonset | — | 3:06 | — | — | 4:27 | — | — | 5:54 | — | — | 7:25 | — | — | 8:59 | — | — | — | 10:29 | — | — | 11:44 | — | — | — | 12:38 | — | — | 1:14 | — | — | 1:38 | — | — | 1:56 | — | — | 2:10 | — | — | 2:22 | — | — | 2:34 | — | — | 2:46 | — |
 | 5:09 | — | — | 5:09 | — | — | 5:07 | — | — | 5:05 | — | — | 5:03 | — | — | 5:03 | — | — | 5:01 | — | — | 5:00 | — | — | 4:58 | — | — | 4:56 | — | — | 4:56 | — | — | 4:54 | — | — | 4:54 | — | — | 4:52 | — | — | 4:52 | — | — | 4:50 | — |
 | — | 8:32 | — | — | 8:35 | — | — | 8:36 | — | — | 8:37 | — | — | 8:38 | — | — | 8:40 | — | — | 8:42 | — | — | 8:43 | — | — | 8:45 | — | — | 8:45 | — | — | 8:47 | — | — | 8:49 | — | — | 8:50 | — | — | 8:52 | — | — | 8:52 | — | — | 8:53 |
Today's sea temperature in Folkestone is 12.9° C (Statistics for 12 May 1981-2005 – mean: 10.7 max: 12.1 min: 9.2°C) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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