Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.04° N 5.27° W

Church Cove 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 29 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Church Cove sea temperature is
17.3°C
2.0° 

Church Cove surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Church Cove today (29 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (29 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 10s period with W swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Sep, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 6s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 8s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Church Cove at 10AM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a West direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am September 29). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Afternoon (29 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)6s
Evening (29 Sep)10ft (3.0m)8s

Table - waves today at Church Cove. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 27mm), heaviest during Tue night. Warm (max 20°C on Tue afternoon, min 15°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (near gales from the S on Tue night, light winds from the WSW by Wed night).

Tuesday
29
Wednesday
30
Thursday
1
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
2
!
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
W
11
1.1
W
10
0.9
W
10
0.8
W
10
1.7
SSE
6
2.3
S
7
3.5
S
8
4
SSW
10
3.5
SSW
11
3
SSW
11
3
SW
11
3.5
SW
11
3.5
SW
11
3
SW
11
3
SW
10
3
SW
10
2.3
W
15
3
W
14
4
WSW
14
3.5
WSW
14
3
WSW
14
3
WSW
13
2.5
WSW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
319
259
167
130
194
517
1680
3381
2763
2423
2287
2443
2434
2232
2008
1614
2276
3644
5652
4756
3663
2844
2396
Wind (km/h)
30
ESE
35
ESE
35
SE
40
SE
40
S
45
S
55
S
30
WSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
30
SW
25
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
20
WSW
20
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
High Tide
6:52AM4.98m
7:10PM5.01m
7:29AM4.91m
7:49PM4.82m
8:09AM4.71m
8:33PM4.51m
Low Tide
1:38PM0.00m
1:58AM0.06m
2:18PM0.14m
2:40AM0.29m
3:03PM0.38m
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4
8
8
2
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2
1
1
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Temp °C
16
17
17
18
20
17
17
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
15
15
15
15
15
16
16
16
16
Feels °C
12
13
12
13
14
11
8
12
12
10
9
10
11
12
12
11
11
11
11
11
11
12
12
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