St Margarets Bay (Beach) (Kent) weather

Here are our top tips to keep you, your friends and family safe at the beach with links to Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) and Met Office advice.



Forecast days

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

Tide: Next high tide (6.6m) at

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    7 day forecast for St Margarets Bay (Beach)

    Today (18 March 2026)
    Time
    22:00
    23:00
    Weather symbols Clear night Clear night
    Chance of precipitation
    <5%
    <5%
    Temperature
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed
    ENE
    15
    E
    13
    Wind gust (mph)
    21
    19
    Visibility
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    74%
    74%
    UV - -
    Wind direction and speed
    13
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.7
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    4
    Direction of waves offshore
    Thursday (19 March 2026)
    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 Clear night Clear night Clear night Clear night Clear night Clear night Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Clear night Clear night Clear night Clear night Clear night Clear night
    Chance of precipitation
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    Temperature (°C)
    11°
    12°
    12°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    12°
    11°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    10°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    E
    11
    E
    10
    E
    9
    E
    9
    ENE
    9
    ENE
    9
    ENE
    9
    ENE
    9
    ENE
    9
    ENE
    9
    ENE
    9
    NE
    9
    NE
    9
    NE
    10
    NNE
    12
    NNE
    13
    NNE
    14
    NNE
    13
    NNE
    12
    NNE
    12
    NNE
    12
    NNE
    10
    N
    9
    N
    8
    Wind gust (mph)
    17
    16
    14
    14
    14
    15
    15
    14
    14
    13
    13
    15
    15
    17
    18
    19
    18
    17
    17
    17
    16
    15
    13
    12
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    P
    P
    P
    P
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    P
    M
    Humidity
    75%
    75%
    76%
    76%
    76%
    77%
    79%
    81%
    81%
    82%
    83%
    84%
    85%
    85%
    85%
    84%
    84%
    84%
    83%
    83%
    84%
    84%
    85%
    85%
    UV - - - - - - 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 - - - - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    12
    10
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    10
    11
    13
    13
    13
    13
    12
    12
    11
    9
    8
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.8
    0.7
    0.6
    0.6
    0.5
    0.5
    0.5
    0.5
    0.5
    0.4
    0.4
    0.4
    0.5
    0.5
    0.5
    0.5
    0.5
    0.5
    0.5
    0.5
    0.5
    0.5
    0.5
    0.5
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    4
    4
    4
    4
    4
    4
    4
    4
    4
    4
    4
    4
    3
    3
    3
    4
    4
    4
    4
    4
    4
    4
    4
    4
    Direction of waves offshore
    Friday (20 March 2026)
    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 Clear night Clear night Clear night Clear night Clear night Clear night Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Clear night Clear night Clear night Clear night Clear night Clear night
    Chance of precipitation
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    11°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    11°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    11°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    N
    7
    N
    7
    N
    8
    NNW
    9
    NNW
    9
    NNW
    8
    NNW
    8
    NNW
    8
    N
    8
    NNE
    8
    NNE
    8
    NE
    8
    NE
    9
    NE
    10
    NE
    10
    NE
    11
    NNE
    11
    NNE
    11
    NNE
    11
    NNE
    12
    NNE
    11
    NNE
    11
    NNE
    10
    NNE
    10
    Wind gust (mph)
    12
    12
    13
    14
    13
    13
    13
    12
    11
    12
    13
    13
    15
    16
    17
    17
    17
    17
    17
    17
    16
    16
    15
    15
    Visibility (description)
    M
    M
    M
    M
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    P
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    Humidity
    85%
    86%
    86%
    88%
    89%
    90%
    91%
    90%
    89%
    87%
    86%
    85%
    86%
    86%
    86%
    85%
    85%
    85%
    85%
    84%
    83%
    83%
    83%
    85%
    UV - - - - - 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 - - - - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    7
    7
    8
    9
    9
    9
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    9
    10
    10
    11
    11
    11
    11
    12
    11
    11
    10
    10
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.5
    0.5
    0.4
    0.4
    0.4
    0.4
    0.4
    0.4
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.4
    0.4
    0.4
    0.5
    0.5
    0.5
    0.5
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    3
    3
    3
    4
    4
    4
    4
    4
    3
    3
    3
    3
    3
    3
    3
    3
    3
    3
    3
    3
    4
    4
    4
    4
    Direction of waves offshore
    Saturday (21 March 2026)
    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 Clear night Clear night Clear night Clear night Clear night Clear night Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Clear night Clear night Clear night Clear night Clear night Clear night
    Chance of precipitation
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    12°
    11°
    11°
    10°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    NNE
    10
    NNE
    10
    N
    10
    NNE
    9
    NNE
    9
    NNE
    9
    NNE
    10
    NE
    10
    NE
    11
    NE
    12
    NE
    13
    NE
    14
    NE
    14
    NE
    14
    NE
    15
    NE
    15
    NE
    15
    NE
    15
    NE
    15
    NNE
    15
    NE
    15
    NE
    14
    NE
    13
    NE
    13
    Wind gust (mph)
    15
    14
    14
    14
    14
    14
    15
    15
    16
    17
    20
    20
    21
    21
    21
    21
    21
    21
    20
    20
    20
    19
    18
    17
    Visibility (description)
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    Humidity
    85%
    85%
    84%
    83%
    83%
    81%
    81%
    80%
    78%
    78%
    78%
    78%
    78%
    78%
    77%
    75%
    75%
    73%
    75%
    76%
    77%
    76%
    78%
    80%
    UV - - - - - 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 - - - - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    12
    13
    14
    14
    15
    15
    15
    16
    16
    16
    15
    15
    15
    15
    14
    13
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.5
    0.6
    0.6
    0.6
    0.6
    0.6
    0.6
    0.5
    0.5
    0.6
    0.6
    0.6
    0.6
    0.7
    0.7
    0.6
    0.6
    0.6
    0.6
    0.6
    0.6
    0.7
    0.7
    0.6
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    4
    4
    4
    4
    4
    4
    4
    4
    4
    4
    4
    4
    4
    4
    4
    4
    4
    4
    4
    4
    4
    4
    4
    4
    Direction of waves offshore
    Sunday (22 March 2026)
    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 Clear night Clear night Clear night Clear night Clear night Clear night Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Clear night Clear night Clear night Clear night Clear night Clear night
    Chance of precipitation
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    12°
    11°
    11°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    NNE
    12
    NNE
    11
    NE
    10
    NE
    10
    NE
    9
    NNE
    9
    N
    8
    N
    8
    NNE
    9
    NE
    9
    ENE
    8
    ENE
    8
    NE
    8
    NE
    9
    NE
    9
    NE
    10
    NE
    9
    NE
    9
    NNE
    8
    NNE
    8
    N
    7
    NNW
    6
    NW
    6
    NW
    6
    Wind gust (mph)
    16
    15
    15
    14
    13
    12
    12
    12
    13
    13
    13
    13
    14
    15
    15
    15
    14
    14
    12
    10
    10
    9
    9
    10
    Visibility (description)
    G
    G
    M
    G
    G
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    Humidity
    81%
    80%
    78%
    76%
    76%
    76%
    77%
    78%
    77%
    75%
    75%
    74%
    74%
    74%
    75%
    74%
    74%
    73%
    72%
    73%
    73%
    74%
    75%
    76%
    UV - - - - - 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 - - - - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    12
    12
    11
    11
    10
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    10
    10
    10
    9
    9
    9
    8
    8
    8
    7
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.6
    0.6
    0.6
    0.5
    0.5
    0.5
    0.4
    0.4
    0.4
    0.4
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.2
    0.2
    0.2
    0.2
    0.2
    0.2
    0.2
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    4
    4
    4
    4
    4
    4
    4
    4
    4
    4
    5
    5
    5
    5
    5
    5
    5
    5
    5
    5
    4
    4
    4
    4
    Direction of waves offshore
    Monday (23 March 2026)
    Time
    00:00
    03:00
    06:00
    09:00
    12:00
    15:00
    18:00
    21:00
    Weather symbols Clear night Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    <5%
    10%
    10%
    20%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    Temperature (°C)
    11°
    11°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    W
    7
    WNW
    8
    W
    9
    W
    12
    WNW
    15
    W
    16
    NW
    15
    NW
    14
    Wind gust (mph)
    11
    13
    17
    21
    23
    23
    22
    22
    Visibility (description)
    M
    M
    G
    M
    G
    G
    G
    G
    Humidity
    76%
    75%
    78%
    81%
    80%
    79%
    77%
    75%
    UV - - 1 2 3 1 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    7
    8
    10
    13
    15
    15
    15
    14
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.2
    0.2
    0.1
    0.3
    0.5
    0.4
    0.5
    0.5
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    4
    4
    4
    2
    4
    5
    5
    6
    Direction of waves offshore
    Tuesday (24 March 2026)
    Time
    00:00
    03:00
    06:00
    09:00
    12:00
    15:00
    18:00
    21:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Sunny intervals Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy
    Chance of precipitation
    10%
    10%
    10%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    Temperature (°C)
    11°
    11°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    W
    14
    WSW
    13
    W
    12
    WSW
    14
    SW
    17
    SW
    18
    SW
    19
    SW
    20
    Wind gust (mph)
    20
    19
    21
    25
    28
    28
    29
    29
    Visibility (description)
    G
    G
    G
    G
    M
    M
    G
    M
    Humidity
    72%
    76%
    77%
    77%
    75%
    75%
    77%
    78%
    UV - - 1 2 2 1 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    14
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.4
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    6
    Direction of waves offshore

    Tide times

    Wednesday 18 March

    Tide times and heights are from Dover tidal station which is 3.8 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

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    Tide times

    Wednesday 18 March

    Tide times and heights are from Dover tidal station which is 3.8 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 18 March

    Tide times and heights are from Dover tidal station which is 3.8 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 18 March

    Tide times and heights are from Dover tidal station which is 3.8 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 19 March

    Tide times and heights are from Dover tidal station which is 3.8 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 19 March

    Tide times and heights are from Dover tidal station which is 3.8 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 19 March

    Tide times and heights are from Dover tidal station which is 3.8 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 19 March

    Tide times and heights are from Dover tidal station which is 3.8 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 20 March

    Tide times and heights are from Dover tidal station which is 3.8 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 20 March

    Tide times and heights are from Dover tidal station which is 3.8 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 20 March

    Tide times and heights are from Dover tidal station which is 3.8 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 20 March

    Tide times and heights are from Dover tidal station which is 3.8 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 21 March

    Tide times and heights are from Dover tidal station which is 3.8 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 21 March

    Tide times and heights are from Dover tidal station which is 3.8 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 21 March

    Tide times and heights are from Dover tidal station which is 3.8 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 21 March

    Tide times and heights are from Dover tidal station which is 3.8 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 22 March

    Tide times and heights are from Dover tidal station which is 3.8 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 22 March

    Tide times and heights are from Dover tidal station which is 3.8 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 22 March

    Tide times and heights are from Dover tidal station which is 3.8 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 22 March

    Tide times and heights are from Dover tidal station which is 3.8 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 23 March

    Tide times and heights are from Dover tidal station which is 3.8 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 23 March

    Tide times and heights are from Dover tidal station which is 3.8 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 23 March

    Tide times and heights are from Dover tidal station which is 3.8 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 23 March

    Tide times and heights are from Dover tidal station which is 3.8 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 24 March

    Tide times and heights are from Dover tidal station which is 3.8 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 24 March

    Tide times and heights are from Dover tidal station which is 3.8 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 24 March

    Tide times and heights are from Dover tidal station which is 3.8 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 24 March

    Tide times and heights are from Dover tidal station which is 3.8 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:

    Evening sunshine then clear spells overnight.

    This Evening and Tonight:

    After some late evening sunshine, clear skies overnight will lead to a chilly feel. Some isolated mist and fog patches forming through the early hours in prone spots. Minimum temperature 4 °C.

    Thursday:

    After a cold start, mist and fog quickly clearing, with another day of sunny skies. Feeling warm in light winds. Isolated mist and fog forming again overnight. Maximum temperature 18 °C.

    Outlook for Friday to Sunday:

    Mist and fog quickly clearing away Friday morning, leaving a warm and sunny day. Similar conditions on Saturday and much of Sunday, likely turning cloudier through the evening.

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