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 SummaryLight rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Cool air temperatures (max 13°C on Thu night, min 8°C on Sat afternoon). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SW on Thu night, light winds from the SW by Fri night). | Days 5–7 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Cool air temperatures (max 10°C on Sun night, min 4°C on Wed afternoon). Winds increasing (calm on Tue morning, strong winds from the ENE by Wed afternoon). | Days 8–10 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Mild temperatures (max 7°C on Fri morning, min 1°C on Sat afternoon). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the NE on Thu morning, light winds from the N by Fri night). | Days 11–13 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Mild temperatures (max 7°C on Tue night, min 1°C on Sat night). Mainly fresh winds. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | Sunday 21 | Monday 22 | Tuesday 23 | Wednesday 24 | Thursday 25 | Friday 26 | Saturday 27 | Sunday 28 | Monday 29 | Tue 30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 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 | 6:18PM5.62m | 6:49AM5.81m | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 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 | 12:28PM1.38m | 00:58AM1.60m | 1:40PM1.38m | |||||||||||||
SW 8 | SW 6 | SW 6 | WSW 6 | SW 4 | SW 4 | SSW 4 | SW 5 | SW 5 | SW 4 | SW 4 | SW 6 | NNE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 5 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | NE 7 | NE 7 | ENE 6 | NE 5 | NE 5 | NE 5 | ENE 5 | ENE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | SSW 4 | SW 4 | SW 4 | SE 3 | ESE 3 | SE 3 | |
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light rain | some clouds | clear | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | light rain | light rain | light rain | cloudy | some clouds | light rain | light rain | cloudy | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | clear | clear | clear | clear | cloudy | cloudy | light rain | clear | cloudy | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | clear | some clouds | some clouds | light rain | light rain | |
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1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | |
max°C | 13 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 |
Moonrise | — | 8:00 | — | — | 8:53 | — | — | 9:35 | — | — | 10:05 | — | — | 10:27 | — | — | 10:44 | — | — | 10:58 | — | — | 11:11 | — | — | 11:23 | — | — | 11:36 | — | — | 11:51 | — | — | 12:11 | — |
Moonset | — | 2:42 | — | — | — | 3:37 | — | — | 4:43 | — | — | 5:57 | — | — | 7:14 | — | — | 8:32 | — | — | — | 9:49 | — | — | 11:07 | — | — | — | 12:27 | — | — | 1:51 | — | — | 3:19 | — |
 | — | 7:54 | — | — | 7:54 | — | — | 7:56 | — | — | 7:56 | — | — | 7:56 | — | — | 7:56 | — | — | 7:56 | — | — | 7:58 | — | — | 7:58 | — | — | 7:58 | — | — | 7:58 | — | — | 7:58 | — |
 | — | — | 3:48 | — | — | 3:48 | — | — | 3:49 | — | — | 3:49 | — | — | 3:51 | — | — | 3:52 | — | — | 3:52 | — | — | 3:52 | — | — | 3:53 | — | — | 3:55 | — | — | 3:55 | — | — | 3:56 |
Today's sea temperature in Folkestone is 11.5° C (Statistics for 18 Dec 1981-2005 – mean: 10.0 max: 11.3 min: 8.4°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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