Priests Cove Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.13° N 5.71° W

Priests Cove 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 30 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Priests Cove sea temperature is
17.8°C
1.0° 

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 (30 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (30 Aug, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 9s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Aug, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 8s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Aug, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 9s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Priests Cove at 6AM is: 1.8m 9s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am August 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Aug)6ft (1.9m)9s
Afternoon (30 Aug)8ft (2.5m)8s
Evening (30 Aug)10ft (3.0m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Sun morning. Very mild (max 18°C on Sat night, min 16°C on Mon morning). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the WSW on Sun afternoon, light winds from the SW by Tue morning).

Sunday
30
Monday
31
Tuesday
1
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
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.3
WSW
9
2
WSW
8
1.8
WSW
9
1.9
WSW
9
2.4
WSW
8
2.4
WSW
8
3
WSW
8
3.5
WSW
9
3.5
W
10
3
W
10
3
W
10
3
W
10
2.5
W
10
2.2
W
10
2
W
10
1.8
W
10
1.5
W
10
1.4
W
9
1.2
W
9
1.1
W
9
1
W
9
0.9
W
8
0.9
W
8
0.9
WSW
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
773
547
486
549
663
770
1284
1872
1915
1712
1695
1559
1255
895
738
600
400
320
230
189
153
113
108
109
Wind (km/h)
25
WSW
25
WSW
30
SW
35
SW
35
SW
35
SW
45
WSW
45
W
40
W
35
WNW
35
WNW
35
NW
25
WNW
25
WNW
15
W
15
W
15
W
15
W
15
WSW
10
SW
10
SSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
High Tide
6:44AM5.30m
7:00PM5.53m
7:18AM5.34m
7:35PM5.49m
7:53AM5.27m
8:12PM5.32m
Low Tide
1:00AM0.21m
1:11PM0.25m
1:33AM0.20m
1:45PM0.28m
2:07AM0.30m
2:21PM0.42m
cloud
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:33
6:35
6:35
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:12
8:09
8:07
 mm
1
4
1
2
1
Temp °C
18
18
18
18
17
18
17
17
17
17
17
16
16
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
Feels °C
15
14
13
12
11
12
9
9
10
12
11
10
11
13
15
14
14
15
15
16
16
15
15
15
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