Priests Cove Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.13° N 5.71° W

Priests Cove 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 05 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Priests Cove sea temperature is
17.3°C
0.8° 

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 (05 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Sep, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 12s period with WNW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 11s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 10s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Priests Cove at 1PM is: 1.5m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am September 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)12s
Afternoon (05 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Evening (05 Sep)4ft (1.2m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Very mild (max 19°C on Sun afternoon, min 15°C on Sat morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the WNW on Sat morning, fresh winds from the WSW by Mon night).

Saturday
5
Sunday
6
Monday
7
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
2
1
0
2
1
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)
1.9
WNW
12
1.7
WNW
12
1.6
WNW
12
1.5
W
12
1.4
WNW
11
1.3
W
11
1.1
W
10
1.1
W
10
0.9
W
10
0.8
W
9
0.8
W
9
0.7
W
9
0.7
W
9
0.8
W
8
0.5
W
17
0.9
W
16
2.2
W
14
2.4
W
14
2.3
W
13
2.3
W
13
2.3
W
12
2.4
W
12
2.5
W
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
905
833
730
628
469
381
244
228
151
110
103
76
73
88
145
402
1995
2062
1783
1712
1505
1557
1512
Wind (km/h)
25
WNW
20
NW
5
WNW
10
SSW
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
20
SE
25
SE
30
SE
25
SSE
25
S
20
SSW
20
SW
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
NW
30
WNW
25
W
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
Wind State
on
on
on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
11:20AM4.14m
00:08AM3.97m
12:55PM4.05m
1:45AM4.01m
2:23PM4.30m
Low Tide
6:07PM1.48m
6:50AM1.58m
7:44PM1.46m
8:23AM1.43m
9:08PM1.15m
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:41
6:43
6:45
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:59
7:57
7:54
 mm
Temp °C
16
16
15
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
17
18
18
19
18
19
17
16
16
17
17
17
17
Feels °C
12
13
14
14
13
14
14
12
11
11
13
15
16
18
16
16
14
11
12
12
12
12
12
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