Kennington Cove surf break

Kennington Cove surfForecast / Cape Breton Island / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 pm Wednesday 08 Oct 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
15.5° C
(Which is 2.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Kennington Cove today?

The current surf forecast for Kennington Cove at 10PM is: 0.2m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 08:00pm October 08). An open ocean swell of 1.7m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ADT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Oct)--
Afternoon (08 Oct)--
Evening (08 Oct)1ft (0.3m)10s

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

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Wed
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SSW
0.3
SE
0.2
ESE
0.1
SE
1.2
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.4
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
1
S
0.9
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.3
SE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.8
WSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.2
SSE
Period(s) (?)61010107778910998810101010101044610
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)13115104146106862875851621277149159910101015205210
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
15
WNW
25
NNW
30
NNW
30
NW
35
NW
30
NW
25
NW
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
25
WNW
20
WNW
15
W
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
30
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:40PM
1.30
9:58AM
1.49
10:30PM
1.26
10:45AM
1.42
11:22PM
1.20
11:34AM
1.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:43PM
-0.16
3:50AM
-0.06
4:33PM
-0.16
4:40AM
0.03
5:28PM
-0.12
5:40AM
0.15
Wed
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunrise-----7:07-------7:09-------7:09--
Sunset6:28-------6:25-------6:23-------
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
--2245------------------
Temp. °C18181714111199777788101110887781215
Feels °C (?)151413126521-1001223443222258
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cape Breton Island

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Kennington Cove (light winds from the SSW at Gabarus 8 km from Kennington Cove). 0.2m 11s groundswell from the SE with a 0.1m 8s swell from the ESE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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19 km/h
SSW
Cross-On
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