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 07:28 AM and sunset is at 03:55 PM.
Days 1–3 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 27mm), heaviest during Tue night. Cool air temperatures (max 12°C on Mon morning, min 4°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WSW on Tue afternoon, strong winds from the NNW by Wed morning). | Days 4–6 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Low air temperatures (max 8°C on Thu night, min 3°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 7–9 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Very mild (max 10°C on Tue night, min 3°C on Sun morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSE on Mon night, fresh winds from the W by Tue night). | Days 10–12 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 30mm), heaviest during Thu morning. Very mild (max 13°C on Fri night, min 8°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SW on Thu afternoon, near gales from the SSW by Sat morning). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Monday 25 | Tuesday 26 | Wednesday 27 | Thursday 28 | Friday 29 | Saturday 30 | Sunday 1 | Monday 2 | Tuesday 3 | Wednesday 4 | Thursday 5 | Friday 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 6:42AM4.97m | 7:20PM4.94m | 7:42AM5.18m | 8:11PM5.21m | 8:29AM5.45m | 8:54PM5.52m | 9:10AM5.73m | 9:32PM5.82m | 9:48AM6.01m | 10:08PM6.09m | 10:23AM6.24m | 10:43PM6.31m | 10:58AM6.42m | 11:18PM6.47m | 11:34AM6.52m | 11:53PM6.55m | 12:11PM6.55m | 00:31AM6.56m | 12:49PM6.49m | 1:10AM6.49m | 1:31PM6.34m | 1:54AM6.33m | 2:16PM6.12m | 2:42AM6.12m | ||||||||||||
Low Tide | 1:20PM2.01m | 1:49AM2.11m | 2:26PM1.85m | 2:52AM1.90m | 3:20PM1.60m | 3:42AM1.63m | 4:05PM1.33m | 4:25AM1.35m | 4:46PM1.09m | 5:05AM1.11m | 5:25PM0.89m | 5:44AM0.92m | 6:03PM0.76m | 6:23AM0.81m | 6:42PM0.71m | 7:03AM0.79m | 7:22PM0.73m | 7:43AM0.83m | 8:03PM0.82m | 8:26AM0.92m | 8:46PM0.96m | 9:11AM1.05m | 9:31PM1.13m | |||||||||||||
SSW 6 | SW 6 | SW 7 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SW 5 | SSW 7 | W 7 | NNE 7 | NNE 6 | NNE 7 | NE 7 | SSE 3 | SSE 4 | SSE 4 | SSE 4 | ESE 3 | SE 4 | ESE 4 | E 4 | NE 4 | NE 5 | NE 4 | NE 4 | NE 4 | S 3 | SSW 5 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SSW 7 | SSW 7 | SSW 7 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 7 | |
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light rain | clear | rain shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | heavy rain | mod rain | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | clear | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | rain shwrs | clear | light rain | rain shwrs | mod rain | rain shwrs | some clouds | cloudy | light rain | rain shwrs | |
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1.0 | — | 3 | — | — | 17 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | 3 | 8 | 8 | 1.0 | — | — | 5 | 5 | |
max°C | 12 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
Moonrise | 1:06 | — | — | 2:15 | — | — | 3:24 | — | — | 4:35 | — | — | 5:49 | — | — | 7:04 | — | — | 8:19 | — | — | 9:27 | — | — | 10:24 | — | — | 11:06 | — | — | 11:36 | — | — | 11:58 | — | — |
Moonset | 1:39 | — | — | 1:48 | — | — | 1:59 | — | — | 2:12 | — | — | 2:28 | — | — | 2:50 | — | — | — | 3:21 | — | — | 4:06 | — | — | 5:06 | — | — | 6:20 | — | — | 7:41 | — | — | — | 9:05 |
 | 7:28 | — | — | 7:30 | — | — | 7:31 | — | — | 7:33 | — | — | 7:35 | — | — | 7:35 | — | — | 7:37 | — | — | 7:39 | — | — | 7:39 | — | — | 7:41 | — | — | 7:43 | — | — | 7:43 | — | — |
 | — | 3:55 | — | — | 3:53 | — | — | 3:52 | — | — | 3:52 | — | — | 3:52 | — | — | 3:51 | — | — | 3:51 | — | — | 3:49 | — | — | 3:49 | — | — | 3:48 | — | — | 3:48 | — | — | 3:48 | — |
Today's sea temperature in Folkestone is 12.4 °C (Statistics for 25 Nov 1981-2005 – mean: 11.6 max: 13.1 min: 9.6°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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