National Network of Regional Coastal Monitoring Programmes

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Note that these are real-time data and are not quality-controlled. Long-range graphs are plotted from a randomised subsample of half-hourly data.

Folkestone

  

Live water level data (OD) Data (GMT) (updated every 5 seconds)

This one-second stream of data to the website is experimental and is being developed in conjunction with Fugro GB Limited

Latest Wave Data

Latest Wave Data
Latitude51.06252
Longitude1.12689
Wave Height (m)0.45
Max Wave Height (m)0.69
Tpeak (s)3.5
Tz (s)2.7
Peak Direction (degrees)104
Spread (degrees)26
Sea Temp (°C)9.6
Energy Period (s)3.1
Wave Power (kW/m)0.3

Latest Met Data

Latest Met data
Air Pressure (mb)1017.8
Wind Speed (knots)2.8
Wind Speed (ms-1)1.4
Gust Speed (knots)7.6
Gust Speed (ms-1)3.8
Wind direction (°)100
Air Temperature (°C)3.5
Rainfall (mm)0
Erythemal Radiation (W/m2)-
UV Index-
Relative Humidity (%)86.2