Palmer Cove Surf Break

Lat Long: 57.67° N 2.51° W

Palmer Cove 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 05 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Palmer Cove sea temperature is
14.9° C
1.3° 

Palmer 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 Palmer Cove today (05 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 6s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 5s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for Palmer Cove at 11PM is: 1.4m 5s primary swell from a North direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm August 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Aug)--
Afternoon (05 Aug)2ft (0.6m)6s
Evening (05 Aug)4.5ft (1.4m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Wed afternoon. Very mild (max 18°C on Fri afternoon, min 12°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the NW on Wed night, light winds from the NW by Thu afternoon).

Wed
5
Thursday
6
Friday
7
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
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
E
6
0.6
NNE
7
1.4
N
5
2.2
N
7
2.3
N
7
2.1
N
8
1.9
N
8
1.7
N
8
1.5
NNE
8
1.4
NNE
8
1.2
NNE
8
1.1
NNE
8
1
NNE
8
0.9
NNE
8
0.8
NNE
7
0.7
NNE
7
0.6
NNE
7
0.6
NNE
7
0.4
NNE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
25
33
89
469
569
487
403
329
244
214
165
142
120
98
70
46
33
31
18
Wind (km/h)
10
NNE
20
NW
45
NW
50
NW
40
NW
40
NW
30
NW
30
NW
20
NW
10
NW
15
S
20
S
15
S
15
SSW
15
SW
20
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SSW
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
High Tide
5:10PM2.74m
5:23AM2.87m
6:06PM2.63m
6:29AM2.71m
7:15PM2.56m
Low Tide
11:05PM0.90m
11:44AM0.77m
00:06AM1.01m
12:54PM0.94m
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:13
5:16
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
9:17
9:15
9:13
 mm
2
1
2
1
1
Temp °C
15
15
13
12
12
12
12
13
14
14
14
13
12
13
17
17
18
18
16
Feels °C
14
12
5
3
4
4
5
7
10
12
11
8
8
9
13
12
13
13
11
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