Dover Harbour (Beach) (Kent) weather

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Forecast days

Clear.
Beach safety today
Use caution in the sea. Waves can be bigger or stronger than you expect, strong rips likely, strong wind may blow you off course
  • • unsafe for novice surfers
  • • paddle boarding/kayaking not recommended at any level

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    7 day forecast for Dover Harbour (Beach)

    Today (6 December 2025)
    Time
    23:00
    Weather symbols Clear night
    Chance of precipitation
    <5%
    Temperature
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed
    WSW
    18
    Wind gust (mph)
    27
    Visibility
    VG
    Humidity
    84%
    UV -
    Wind direction and speed
    18
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    1.2
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    7
    Direction of waves offshore
    Sunday (7 December 2025)
    Time
    00:00
    01:00
    02:00
    03:00
    04:00
    05:00
    06:00
    07:00
    08:00
    09:00
    10:00
    11:00
    12:00
    13:00
    14:00
    15:00
    16:00
    17:00
    18:00
    19:00
    20:00
    21:00
    22:00
    23:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Overcast Overcast Light rain Light rain Heavy rain Light rain Light rain Heavy rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Overcast Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    10%
    40%
    60%
    90%
    90%
    90%
    90%
    ≥95%
    ≥95%
    ≥95%
    ≥95%
    ≥95%
    90%
    70%
    50%
    30%
    10%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    12°
    13°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    13°
    12°
    12°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    10°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    WSW
    16
    WSW
    15
    WSW
    13
    WSW
    12
    WSW
    11
    SW
    12
    SW
    14
    SSW
    17
    S
    18
    S
    19
    S
    20
    S
    20
    SSW
    21
    SW
    22
    SW
    25
    SW
    27
    SW
    29
    SW
    30
    SW
    29
    WSW
    28
    WSW
    25
    WSW
    22
    WSW
    21
    WSW
    20
    Wind gust (mph)
    25
    24
    21
    20
    20
    20
    22
    23
    23
    25
    26
    27
    31
    35
    38
    41
    43
    43
    41
    36
    35
    32
    29
    26
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    G
    VG
    VG
    E
    E
    E
    E
    Humidity
    84%
    85%
    85%
    86%
    88%
    89%
    92%
    93%
    93%
    95%
    95%
    96%
    97%
    96%
    96%
    94%
    93%
    93%
    92%
    92%
    89%
    88%
    87%
    87%
    UV - - - - - - - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - - - - - - - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    16
    14
    13
    11
    10
    11
    14
    16
    17
    19
    20
    20
    21
    23
    25
    27
    29
    31
    29
    27
    24
    22
    20
    19
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    1.1
    1.0
    0.9
    0.9
    0.8
    0.8
    0.9
    1.0
    1.0
    1.0
    1.0
    1.0
    1.0
    1.0
    1.2
    1.4
    1.6
    1.8
    2.0
    2.0
    1.8
    1.7
    1.6
    1.4
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    10
    10
    10
    6
    6
    5
    5
    5
    5
    5
    5
    5
    5
    5
    6
    6
    6
    6
    7
    7
    7
    8
    8
    7
    Direction of waves offshore
    Monday (8 December 2025)
    Time
    00:00
    01:00
    02:00
    03:00
    04:00
    05:00
    06:00
    07:00
    08:00
    09:00
    10:00
    11:00
    12:00
    13:00
    14:00
    15:00
    16:00
    17:00
    18:00
    19:00
    20:00
    21:00
    22:00
    23:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Light rain Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy
    Chance of precipitation
    10%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    10%
    10%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    10%
    <5%
    <5%
    10%
    <5%
    10%
    10%
    30%
    30%
    40%
    50%
    50%
    50%
    40%
    Temperature (°C)
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    WSW
    19
    WSW
    17
    SW
    18
    SW
    19
    SW
    21
    SW
    23
    SW
    24
    SW
    25
    SW
    26
    SW
    26
    SW
    25
    SW
    24
    SW
    23
    SW
    22
    SW
    21
    SW
    21
    SW
    20
    SW
    18
    SW
    17
    SW
    17
    SSW
    17
    SSW
    17
    SSW
    19
    SSW
    20
    Wind gust (mph)
    25
    24
    25
    24
    26
    30
    32
    32
    32
    33
    33
    32
    32
    30
    28
    27
    26
    24
    24
    23
    23
    24
    25
    26
    Visibility (description)
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    86%
    88%
    87%
    87%
    88%
    90%
    89%
    88%
    87%
    87%
    88%
    87%
    87%
    86%
    87%
    88%
    90%
    91%
    91%
    91%
    91%
    92%
    92%
    92%
    UV - - - - - - - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - - - - - - - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    18
    17
    17
    18
    21
    23
    24
    24
    25
    25
    25
    23
    22
    22
    21
    21
    19
    18
    17
    17
    17
    17
    19
    20
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    1.2
    1.1
    1.1
    1.0
    1.0
    1.0
    1.1
    1.2
    1.4
    1.4
    1.4
    1.4
    1.4
    1.3
    1.2
    1.1
    1.0
    0.9
    0.9
    0.9
    0.8
    0.8
    0.9
    1.0
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    7
    7
    10
    6
    5
    5
    5
    5
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    5
    5
    5
    5
    5
    Direction of waves offshore
    Tuesday (9 December 2025)
    Time
    00:00
    01:00
    02:00
    03:00
    04:00
    05:00
    06:00
    07:00
    08:00
    09:00
    10:00
    11:00
    12:00
    13:00
    14:00
    15:00
    16:00
    17:00
    18:00
    19:00
    20:00
    21:00
    22:00
    23:00
    Weather symbols Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Light rain Light rain Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Overcast Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Overcast Overcast Overcast Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain
    Chance of precipitation
    40%
    40%
    50%
    50%
    50%
    50%
    50%
    50%
    40%
    40%
    30%
    30%
    30%
    40%
    40%
    40%
    40%
    40%
    50%
    60%
    70%
    70%
    70%
    70%
    Temperature (°C)
    13°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    10°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SSW
    21
    SSW
    22
    SSW
    24
    SSW
    25
    SSW
    26
    SSW
    27
    SSW
    27
    SSW
    27
    SSW
    27
    SSW
    28
    SSW
    28
    SSW
    28
    SSW
    28
    SSW
    27
    SSW
    27
    SSW
    27
    SSW
    27
    SSW
    26
    SSW
    26
    SSW
    26
    SSW
    25
    SSW
    24
    SW
    22
    SW
    21
    Wind gust (mph)
    29
    30
    32
    31
    31
    33
    36
    36
    37
    38
    37
    37
    36
    36
    34
    34
    32
    32
    32
    31
    29
    29
    27
    25
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    G
    G
    M
    Humidity
    92%
    91%
    90%
    89%
    87%
    87%
    86%
    85%
    85%
    85%
    84%
    84%
    83%
    83%
    85%
    85%
    85%
    85%
    86%
    86%
    88%
    90%
    91%
    93%
    UV - - - - - - - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - - - - - - - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    21
    22
    23
    24
    26
    27
    27
    27
    28
    29
    29
    29
    29
    28
    27
    28
    28
    27
    26
    26
    25
    23
    21
    20
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    1.0
    1.0
    1.0
    1.1
    1.2
    1.3
    1.3
    1.4
    1.4
    1.4
    1.5
    1.7
    1.9
    2.0
    2.1
    2.1
    2.0
    2.0
    1.9
    1.8
    1.5
    1.3
    1.1
    1.0
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    5
    5
    5
    5
    5
    5
    5
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    6
    Direction of waves offshore
    Wednesday (10 December 2025)
    Time
    00:00
    01:00
    02:00
    03:00
    04:00
    05:00
    06:00
    07:00
    08:00
    09:00
    10:00
    11:00
    12:00
    13:00
    14:00
    15:00
    16:00
    17:00
    18:00
    19:00
    20:00
    21:00
    22:00
    23:00
    Weather symbols Light rain Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Clear night Clear night Clear night Clear night Clear night Clear night Clear night Clear night
    Chance of precipitation
    60%
    50%
    50%
    40%
    30%
    30%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    10%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    <5%
    10%
    Temperature (°C)
    13°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    12°
    12°
    11°
    11°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SW
    19
    SW
    18
    SW
    17
    SW
    16
    SW
    15
    SW
    14
    WSW
    14
    WSW
    13
    SW
    14
    SW
    15
    SW
    16
    SW
    17
    SW
    18
    SW
    18
    WSW
    18
    WSW
    17
    WSW
    16
    WSW
    16
    WSW
    15
    WSW
    15
    WSW
    14
    WSW
    14
    WSW
    13
    WSW
    14
    Wind gust (mph)
    21
    19
    19
    17
    18
    17
    16
    15
    16
    17
    20
    19
    21
    19
    19
    17
    19
    19
    20
    20
    20
    19
    19
    19
    Visibility (description)
    M
    G
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    93%
    93%
    93%
    93%
    93%
    92%
    92%
    92%
    91%
    89%
    89%
    90%
    87%
    87%
    86%
    85%
    84%
    84%
    84%
    85%
    84%
    84%
    84%
    84%
    UV - - - - - - - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - - - - - - - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    18
    17
    17
    16
    15
    14
    14
    14
    14
    15
    16
    17
    18
    17
    17
    17
    16
    15
    15
    15
    14
    14
    14
    14
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.9
    0.8
    0.8
    0.7
    0.7
    0.7
    0.7
    0.7
    0.7
    0.7
    0.7
    0.7
    0.8
    0.8
    0.8
    0.8
    0.8
    0.9
    0.9
    0.9
    0.8
    0.8
    0.8
    0.7
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    5
    5
    5
    5
    5
    5
    5
    6
    5
    5
    5
    5
    5
    5
    5
    5
    5
    5
    5
    Direction of waves offshore
    Thursday (11 December 2025)
    Time
    00:00
    03:00
    06:00
    09:00
    12:00
    15:00
    18:00
    21:00
    Weather symbols Clear night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night Cloudy Cloudy
    Chance of precipitation
    10%
    10%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    10%
    10%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    11°
    11°
    10°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    WSW
    14
    WSW
    16
    WSW
    16
    SW
    17
    SW
    19
    SSW
    19
    SSW
    19
    SSW
    19
    Wind gust (mph)
    21
    19
    19
    20
    22
    22
    24
    24
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    84%
    85%
    85%
    84%
    84%
    83%
    84%
    87%
    UV - - - 1 1 1 - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    15
    16
    16
    17
    18
    19
    19
    19
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.7
    0.6
    0.5
    0.4
    0.2
    0.2
    0.5
    0.7
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    5
    5
    5
    6
    5
    11
    4
    4
    Direction of waves offshore
    Friday (12 December 2025)
    Time
    00:00
    03:00
    06:00
    09:00
    12:00
    15:00
    18:00
    21:00
    Weather symbols Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    10%
    10%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SSW
    18
    S
    17
    S
    16
    S
    17
    SSW
    17
    SW
    17
    SW
    16
    SSW
    16
    Wind gust (mph)
    26
    24
    25
    27
    21
    25
    23
    21
    Visibility (description)
    G
    G
    G
    G
    VG
    G
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    88%
    88%
    88%
    87%
    85%
    84%
    83%
    83%
    UV - - - 1 1 1 - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    18
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.6
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    4
    Direction of waves offshore

    Tide times

    Saturday 6 December

    Tide times and heights are from Dover tidal station which is 0.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

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    Tide times

    Saturday 6 December

    Tide times and heights are from Dover tidal station which is 0.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Saturday 6 December

    Tide times and heights are from Dover tidal station which is 0.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Saturday 6 December

    Tide times and heights are from Dover tidal station which is 0.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Sunday 7 December

    Tide times and heights are from Dover tidal station which is 0.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Sunday 7 December

    Tide times and heights are from Dover tidal station which is 0.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Sunday 7 December

    Tide times and heights are from Dover tidal station which is 0.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Sunday 7 December

    Tide times and heights are from Dover tidal station which is 0.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Monday 8 December

    Tide times and heights are from Dover tidal station which is 0.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Monday 8 December

    Tide times and heights are from Dover tidal station which is 0.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Monday 8 December

    Tide times and heights are from Dover tidal station which is 0.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Monday 8 December

    Tide times and heights are from Dover tidal station which is 0.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Tuesday 9 December

    Tide times and heights are from Dover tidal station which is 0.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Tuesday 9 December

    Tide times and heights are from Dover tidal station which is 0.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Tuesday 9 December

    Tide times and heights are from Dover tidal station which is 0.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Tuesday 9 December

    Tide times and heights are from Dover tidal station which is 0.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Wednesday 10 December

    Tide times and heights are from Dover tidal station which is 0.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Wednesday 10 December

    Tide times and heights are from Dover tidal station which is 0.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Wednesday 10 December

    Tide times and heights are from Dover tidal station which is 0.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Wednesday 10 December

    Tide times and heights are from Dover tidal station which is 0.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Thursday 11 December

    Tide times and heights are from Dover tidal station which is 0.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Thursday 11 December

    Tide times and heights are from Dover tidal station which is 0.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Thursday 11 December

    Tide times and heights are from Dover tidal station which is 0.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Thursday 11 December

    Tide times and heights are from Dover tidal station which is 0.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Friday 12 December

    Tide times and heights are from Dover tidal station which is 0.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Friday 12 December

    Tide times and heights are from Dover tidal station which is 0.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Friday 12 December

    Tide times and heights are from Dover tidal station which is 0.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Friday 12 December

    Tide times and heights are from Dover tidal station which is 0.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

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    London & South East England weather forecast

    Headline:

    Generally dry, with unsettled weather from Sunday onwards.

    This Evening and Tonight:

    Generally dry but cloudy through the evening, though the odd shower is possible. Cloud breaking to give clear spells overnight, with mist, fog and low cloud likely in the early hours. Minimum temperature 4 °C.

    Sunday:

    Cloudy with the odd spot of rain through the morning. More widespread rain, occasionally heavy, then spreads northeast by late morning, with strong winds expected. Maximum temperature 14 °C.

    Outlook for Monday to Wednesday:

    Continuing rather unsettled, with heavy rain, and very windy weather most likely on Tuesday. Some drier, bright spells possible Monday and Wednesday. Mild throughout, and very mild Tuesday.

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