Emergency services were called to at 12.07pm on Thursday 24 March to a report of a body being seen in the water off the coast of Folkestone.
Officers attended along with RNLI, Coastguard and Border Force and a woman was pronounced deceased at the scene.
Formal identification has not yet taken place, however the family of a 63-year-old woman who was reported missing on Wednesday 23 March have been informed.
The death is not being treated as suspicious and a report will be prepared for the coroner.