Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.13° N 5.71° W

Priests Cove 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 08 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Priests Cove sea temperature is
16.3°C
1.7° 

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 (08 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 6s period with NW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 7s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 6s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Priests Cove at 5PM is: 0.5m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 08). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Oct)6ft (1.8m)6s
Afternoon (08 Oct)3ft (0.9m)7s
Evening (08 Oct)5ft (1.5m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 16°C on Thu night, min 13°C on Thu morning). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the WSW on Fri morning, light winds from the WSW by Sat night).

Thu
8
Friday
9
Saturday
10
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
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
NW
6
1
WNW
7
0.5
WNW
11
1.2
W
11
1.5
W
6
2.1
W
7
2.1
W
7
2.5
W
8
3
W
8
3.5
W
9
3.5
W
10
3
WNW
10
3
WNW
10
3
WNW
10
2.5
WNW
10
2.5
WNW
10
2.4
WNW
10
2.1
WNW
11
1.9
WNW
11
1.8
WNW
11
1.7
W
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
209
95
68
332
138
403
465
694
1169
1842
1991
1902
1967
1798
1569
1384
1249
936
846
792
733
Wind (km/h)
25
NW
25
WNW
25
W
35
WSW
40
WSW
40
W
40
W
45
W
45
WSW
50
WSW
40
WNW
40
WNW
45
WNW
40
NW
35
NW
35
WNW
25
NW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
15
W
Wind State
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
High Tide
4:01PM5.09m
4:25AM5.04m
4:42PM5.34m
5:03AM5.28m
5:19PM5.48m
Low Tide
10:11AM0.71m
10:38PM0.41m
10:54AM0.43m
11:17PM0.21m
11:32AM0.26m
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7:31
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7:35
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6:43
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1
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Temp °C
13
13
14
14
14
15
16
16
16
16
14
14
15
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
Feels °C
7
8
9
8
7
9
10
9
8
8
6
6
6
6
6
7
8
9
9
9
10
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