Priests Cove Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.13° N 5.71° W

Priests Cove 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 16 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Priests Cove sea temperature is
17.1°C
1.1° 

Priests 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 Priests Cove today (16 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Sep, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 11s period with WNW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Sep, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 11s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Sep, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 10s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Priests Cove at 4AM is: 2.5m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Sep)7.5ft (2.3m)11s
Afternoon (16 Sep)6ft (1.9m)11s
Evening (16 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Very mild (max 16°C on Tue night, min 14°C on Wed morning). Mainly fresh winds.

Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
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
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.4
WNW
9
2.5
WNW
10
2.3
W
10
2.3
WNW
11
2
W
11
1.8
WNW
11
1.7
WNW
11
1.7
W
10
1.8
W
10
2
W
10
2.2
W
7
2.2
W
8
2.3
WNW
8
2.3
WNW
9
2.3
WNW
9
2.4
WNW
10
2.4
WNW
11
2.3
WNW
13
2.2
WNW
13
2.1
WNW
13
2
W
13
2.1
W
12
1.9
W
7
2.1
W
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
919
1152
1134
1143
951
763
672
632
656
776
453
596
688
791
901
1108
1396
1739
1581
1408
1314
1311
345
504
Wind (km/h)
35
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
25
NNW
25
NW
20
WNW
30
WNW
30
W
35
W
35
WSW
35
W
30
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
25
WSW
30
SW
35
SW
35
WSW
35
WSW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
8:24AM4.86m
8:43PM4.64m
9:00AM4.48m
9:21PM4.20m
9:42AM4.08m
Low Tide
2:34AM0.72m
2:51PM0.85m
3:08AM1.09m
3:29PM1.22m
3:47AM1.46m
4:16PM1.59m
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part cloud
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cloud
cloud
cloud
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cloud
cloud
cloud
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:58
7:00
7:01
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:35
7:32
7:30
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
16
15
15
14
14
15
16
15
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
15
15
15
16
16
16
16
17
Feels °C
11
9
10
9
9
11
11
10
10
10
10
11
9
9
9
10
9
9
10
12
11
10
10
12
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