Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.04° N 5.27° W

Church Cove 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 08 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Church Cove sea temperature is
16.9°C
2.3° 

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 (08 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 7s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 11s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Church Cove at 9PM is: 1.3m 5s primary swell from a West direction and 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 08). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Oct)--
Afternoon (08 Oct)4ft (1.2m)7s
Evening (08 Oct)2ft (0.6m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 10mm), heaviest on Sun morning. Very mild (max 16°C on Thu night, min 12°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the WSW on Fri morning, light winds from the WSW by Sat night).

Thu
8
Friday
9
Saturday
10
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
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
WNW
7
1.1
W
11
0.6
W
11
1.8
W
6
2
W
7
2.3
W
8
2.5
W
8
3
W
9
3.5
W
9
3
W
10
3
W
10
3
W
10
2.5
W
10
2.5
W
10
2.3
W
10
2.2
W
10
2
W
11
1.9
W
11
1.6
WNW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
84
286
93
253
422
604
962
1494
2031
1668
1700
1650
1425
1319
1141
1066
901
835
915
Wind (km/h)
20
W
25
WSW
35
WSW
35
W
40
W
45
W
40
WSW
45
WSW
35
NW
35
WNW
40
WNW
35
NW
30
NW
30
NW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
15
W
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
4:02PM4.51m
4:27AM4.44m
4:43PM4.73m
5:04AM4.67m
5:20PM4.86m
Low Tide
10:47PM0.30m
11:04AM0.33m
11:28PM0.11m
11:44AM0.16m
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Temp °C
14
14
14
15
16
16
16
16
14
14
14
14
14
14
13
14
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14
14
Feels °C
10
9
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10
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10
10
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