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 07:03 AM and sunset is at 04:14 PM.
Days 1–3 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 19mm), heaviest on Wed morning. Cool air temperatures (max 11°C on Tue night, min 5°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the ENE on Tue night, fresh winds from the NNE by Thu morning). | Days 4–6 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Cool air temperatures (max 12°C on Sun afternoon, min 5°C on Fri morning). Winds increasing (calm on Fri night, strong winds from the S by Sun night). | Days 7–9 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 41mm), heaviest during Mon afternoon. Very mild (max 15°C on Tue afternoon, min 10°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (light winds from the S on Mon afternoon, gales from the SW by Tue night). | Days 10–12 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Very mild (max 12°C on Thu morning, min 9°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the WSW on Fri morning, light winds from the NNW by Sat night). | Days 13–16 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 52mm), heaviest during Tue morning. Very mild (max 14°C on Sun night, min 8°C on Tue morning). Mainly gales. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 11:23AM6.72m | 11:42PM6.68m | 11:59AM6.66m | 00:17AM6.58m | 12:34PM6.49m | 00:52AM6.38m | 1:10PM6.23m | 1:28AM6.11m | 1:47PM5.90m | 2:06AM5.80m | 2:26PM5.54m | 2:49AM5.47m | 3:13PM5.19m | 3:40AM5.17m | 4:12PM4.91m | 4:48AM4.98m | 5:31PM4.83m | 6:09AM5.02m | 6:49PM5.03m | 7:17AM5.31m | 7:49PM5.43m | 8:11AM5.74m | 8:38PM5.91m | 8:58AM6.21m | 9:23PM6.40m | 9:43AM6.66m | 10:07PM6.82m | 10:27AM7.03m | 10:51PM7.12m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 6:13AM0.62m | 6:30PM0.56m | 6:47AM0.67m | 7:03PM0.69m | 7:20AM0.80m | 7:37PM0.87m | 7:55AM0.99m | 8:12PM1.11m | 8:32AM1.22m | 8:50PM1.36m | 9:12AM1.48m | 9:31PM1.62m | 9:58AM1.71m | 10:19PM1.84m | 10:49AM1.89m | 11:13PM1.99m | 11:47AM1.95m | 00:14AM2.02m | 12:52PM1.87m | 1:22AM1.90m | 1:59PM1.64m | 2:29AM1.63m | 3:02PM1.28m | 3:30AM1.26m | 3:57PM0.88m | 4:23AM0.88m | 4:48PM0.51m | 5:12AM0.54m | 5:36PM0.22m | ||||||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 4 | ENE 5 | NE 5 | NE 5 | NE 5 | NE 5 | NE 5 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NNE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | E 4 | SE 4 | SSE 3 | S 3 | SSW 5 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SSW 6 | SW 8 | SW 9 | SW 8 | SW 8 | SW 7 | SW 7 | SW 7 | SW 7 | SW 7 | SW 7 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SW 7 | SW 7 | SSW 8 | SW 8 | SW 8 | SW 7 | SW 5 | SSW 5 | SSW 6 |
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some clouds | light rain | mod rain | light rain | light rain | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | rain shwrs | cloudy | cloudy | light rain | light rain | heavy rain | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | mod rain | risk tstorm | rain shwrs | clear | some clouds | cloudy | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | clear | clear | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | some clouds | rain shwrs | light rain | light rain | heavy rain | heavy rain | clear | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | |
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mm | — | 3 | 9 | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 4 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 18 | — | — | — | — |
max °C | 9 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 13 |
Moonrise | 8:45 | — | — | 9:53 | — | — | 10:50 | — | — | 11:34 | — | — | 12:08 | — | — | 12:32 | — | — | 12:51 | — | — | 1:07 | — | — | 1:20 | — | — | 1:32 | — | — | 1:45 | — | — | 1:59 | — | — | 2:16 | — | — | 2:40 | — | — | — | 3:14 | — | — | 4:04 |
Moonset | — | 4:11 | — | — | 4:50 | — | — | 5:39 | — | — | 6:39 | — | — | 7:47 | — | — | 8:59 | — | — | — | 10:11 | — | — | 11:24 | — | — | — | 12:38 | — | — | 1:54 | — | — | 3:13 | — | — | 4:36 | — | — | 6:05 | — | — | 7:35 | — | — | 9:01 | — |
 | 7:03 | — | — | 7:03 | — | — | 7:05 | — | — | 7:07 | — | — | 7:09 | — | — | 7:11 | — | — | 7:13 | — | — | 7:13 | — | — | 7:16 | — | — | 7:18 | — | — | 7:18 | — | — | 7:20 | — | — | 7:22 | — | — | 7:24 | — | — | 7:26 | — | — | 7:26 | — |
 | — | 4:14 | — | — | 4:13 | — | — | 4:10 | — | — | 4:09 | — | — | 4:07 | — | — | 4:07 | — | — | 4:06 | — | — | 4:04 | — | — | 4:02 | — | — | 4:01 | — | — | 4:00 | — | — | 4:00 | — | — | 3:59 | — | — | 3:57 | — | — | 3:56 | — | — | 3:56 |
Today's sea temperature in Folkestone is 14.2°C (Statistics for 10 Nov 1981-2005 – mean: 13.2 max: 14.1 min: 11.8°C) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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