Kennington Cove surf break

Kennington Cove surfForecast / Cape Breton Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 pm Saturday 23 Aug 2025 ADT
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Kennington Cove surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Kennington Cove sea temperature is
18.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Kennington Cove today?

The current surf forecast for Kennington Cove at 7PM is: 1.4m 12s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 1.6m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 02:00pm August 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (ADT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Aug)--
Afternoon (23 Aug)5ft (1.6m)13s
Evening (23 Aug)4.5ft (1.3m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
23
Sunday
24
Monday
25
Tuesday
26
12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
S
1.6
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.2
SSW
1
S
1
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.3
S
1.1
SSE
1.7
SSE
2.4
S
2.4
S
2.4
S
Period(s) (?)131312111110101010556665555566788
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)170413419856644583032291891931561441301271067759798610082179585724781
Wind
(km/h)
0
NNW
20
S
20
SW
20
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
30
SW
35
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
25
S
25
S
20
S
30
SSE
40
S
40
SSW
30
SSW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:02PM
1.33
9:34AM
1.28
9:45PM
1.31
10:12AM
1.28
10:27PM
1.27
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:17PM
0.10
3:38AM
-0.11
3:57PM
0.09
4:14AM
-0.06
4:36PM
0.08
4:49AM
0.03
Saturday
23
Sunday
24
Monday
25
Tuesday
26
Sunrise-------6:09-------6:11-------6:11
Sunset--7:54-------7:53-------7:52-----
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
------------------1310211
Temp. °C201920171717161819191918181819192120191920202020
Feels °C (?)191517141313121415141515151618171918181615161820
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cape Breton Island

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Kennington Cove (light winds from the SW at Catalone 13 km from Kennington Cove). A 2.0m groundswell from the SE

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8 km/h
SW
Clean
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