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 — and sunset is at —.
Days 1–4 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 20mm), heaviest during Sun afternoon. Cool air temperatures (max 14°C on Sun afternoon, min 6°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the W on Thu night, near gales from the S by Fri night). | Days 5–7 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 14mm), heaviest on Tue morning. Cool air temperatures (max 14°C on Sun night, min 11°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (moderate winds from the SSW on Mon night, near gales from the SSW by Wed morning). | Days 8–10 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Very mild (max 12°C on Fri night, min 10°C on Wed night). Mainly fresh winds. | Days 11–13 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Very mild (max 12°C on Sat night, min 6°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (light winds from the W on Mon morning, strong winds from the WSW by Tue night). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Friday 5 | Saturday 6 | Sunday 7 | Monday 8 | Tuesday 9 | Wednesday 10 | Thursday 11 | Friday 12 | Saturday 13 | Sunday 14 | Monday 15 | Tue 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 10:32PM7.08m | 10:53AM7.23m | 11:18PM7.20m | 11:40AM7.26m | 00:04AM7.17m | 12:26PM7.11m | 00:50AM6.98m | 1:13PM6.80m | 1:37AM6.67m | 2:02PM6.39m | 2:26AM6.28m | 2:54PM5.92m | 3:20AM5.87m | 3:53PM5.49m | 4:22AM5.51m | 5:00PM5.18m | 5:31AM5.28m | 6:12PM5.06m | 6:39AM5.22m | 7:15PM5.11m | 7:38AM5.30m | 8:08PM5.27m | 8:28AM5.45m | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 5:43AM0.29m | 6:08PM0.05m | 6:32AM0.14m | 6:56PM0.03m | 7:20AM0.14m | 7:43PM0.17m | 8:07AM0.27m | 8:30PM0.43m | 8:54AM0.52m | 9:16PM0.77m | 9:42AM0.84m | 10:04PM1.14m | 10:31AM1.18m | 10:52PM1.50m | 11:23AM1.49m | 11:45PM1.79m | 12:19PM1.72m | 00:44AM1.98m | 1:22PM1.84m | 1:51AM2.03m | 2:28PM1.82m | 2:57AM1.93m | 3:27PM1.68m | |||||||||||||
SW 6 | SW 5 | SSW 4 | SSW 8 | SW 8 | SW 8 | SW 7 | SW 5 | SW 6 | SW 8 | SW 5 | SW 5 | SW 5 | SW 7 | SW 7 | SW 6 | SSW 7 | SW 8 | SW 6 | SW 4 | SW 4 | S 5 | SSW 5 | SSW 5 | SW 6 | SW 5 | SSW 5 | SW 6 | SW 5 | SW 5 | SW 4 | WSW 5 | SW 8 | WSW 2 | SW 2 | SW 5 | |
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some clouds | some clouds | light rain | mod rain | light rain | rain shwrs | some clouds | light rain | mod rain | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | mod rain | light rain | rain shwrs | clear | cloudy | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | some clouds | light rain | light rain | light rain | light rain | light rain | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | some clouds | clear | cloudy | rain shwrs | |
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— | — | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 7 | — | — | — | 8 | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | |
max°C | 7 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 |
Moonrise | — | — | 3:42 | — | — | 4:54 | — | — | 6:19 | — | — | 7:47 | — | — | — | 9:12 | — | — | 10:31 | — | — | 11:46 | — | — | — | 12:58 | — | — | 2:09 | — | — | 3:21 | — | — | 4:33 | — |
Moonset | — | 8:52 | — | — | 10:00 | — | — | 10:46 | — | — | 11:17 | — | — | 11:38 | — | — | 11:54 | — | — | 12:06 | — | — | 12:17 | — | — | 12:28 | — | — | 12:39 | — | — | 12:53 | — | — | 1:09 | — |
 | — | 7:41 | — | — | 7:43 | — | — | 7:43 | — | — | 7:45 | — | — | 7:46 | — | — | 7:47 | — | — | 7:48 | — | — | 7:48 | — | — | 7:50 | — | — | 7:50 | — | — | 7:52 | — | — | 7:52 | — |
 | — | — | 3:48 | — | — | 3:48 | — | — | 3:48 | — | — | 3:48 | — | — | 3:48 | — | — | 3:48 | — | — | 3:48 | — | — | 3:48 | — | — | 3:48 | — | — | 3:48 | — | — | 3:48 | — | — | 3:48 |
Today's sea temperature in Folkestone is 12.0° C (Statistics for 04 Dec 1981-2005 – mean: 11.1 max: 12.5 min: 9.4°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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