Priests Cove Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.13° N 5.71° W

Priests Cove 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 08 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Priests Cove sea temperature is
17.5°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 (08 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 9s period with WNW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 9s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.4m), 8s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Priests Cove at 4PM is: 2.2m 9s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm September 08). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Sep)5ft (1.6m)9s
Afternoon (08 Sep)7ft (2.1m)9s
Evening (08 Sep)8ft (2.4m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Very mild (max 18°C on Thu night, min 15°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the NNW on Tue morning, light winds from the WNW by Wed afternoon).

Tue
8
Wednesday
9
Thursday
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
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2
WNW
9
2
WNW
9
2.2
WNW
9
2.3
WNW
8
2.4
WNW
8
2.4
WNW
9
2.2
WNW
9
1.9
WNW
9
1.5
WNW
9
1.2
WNW
9
1.1
WNW
9
0.9
WNW
9
0.8
WNW
9
0.7
WNW
8
0.8
WSW
8
1
WSW
8
1.3
WSW
6
1.8
WSW
7
2.3
WSW
7
3
WSW
9
2.5
WSW
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
666
637
744
721
800
838
732
560
343
222
180
137
101
73
66
107
107
288
581
1176
1106
Wind (km/h)
40
NNW
40
NW
40
NW
40
WNW
40
NW
35
NW
35
NW
30
NNW
20
NNW
15
NW
10
WNW
15
W
10
SW
15
SW
30
SW
25
SW
35
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
30
WSW
20
W
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
on
High Tide
3:28PM4.72m
3:58AM4.72m
4:20PM5.15m
4:45AM5.08m
5:03PM5.49m
Low Tide
9:35AM1.08m
10:10PM0.73m
10:30AM0.67m
11:00PM0.35m
11:16AM0.34m
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:47
6:48
6:50
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:52
7:51
7:47
 mm
1
2
Temp °C
16
16
16
16
16
16
15
15
15
15
15
16
16
16
16
17
17
17
17
17
18
Feels °C
8
8
8
8
8
9
8
9
11
12
13
13
14
13
10
13
11
10
11
13
15
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