Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.13° N 5.71° W

Priests Cove 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 28 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Priests Cove sea temperature is
16.8°C
1.6° 

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 (29 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (29 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 10s period with WNW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Sep, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 6s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Sep, local time) - 13ft (4.0m), 9s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Priests Cove at 2AM is: 1.2m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 28). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Sep)3ft (0.9m)10s
Afternoon (29 Sep)6.5ft (2.0m)6s
Evening (29 Sep)13ft (4.0m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 23mm), heaviest during Tue night. Warm (max 20°C on Tue afternoon, min 15°C on Mon afternoon). Winds decreasing (near gales from the SSE on Tue night, moderate winds from the SW by Thu morning).

Mon
28
Tuesday
29
Wednesday
30
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)
3
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.7
W
11
1.5
W
11
1.4
W
11
1.3
W
11
1.1
W
11
1
W
10
0.8
WNW
10
0.7
WNW
10
2
S
6
2.5
S
7
4
SSW
9
4
SSW
11
3
SW
11
3
SW
11
3.5
SW
11
4
SW
11
3.5
SW
11
3.5
SW
11
3
SW
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
721
553
466
396
275
216
136
106
295
787
2231
3263
2330
2372
2930
3716
2931
2602
1959
Wind (km/h)
20
SE
25
ESE
30
ESE
35
ESE
30
ESE
40
SE
40
SE
45
SE
50
SSE
60
SSE
60
SSE
40
SW
40
S
45
SSW
45
SSW
40
SSW
35
SW
25
SW
25
WSW
Wind State
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
6:33PM5.68m
6:52AM5.58m
7:11PM5.60m
7:30AM5.47m
7:51PM5.37m
Low Tide
1:03AM0.07m
1:20PM0.13m
1:40AM0.21m
1:59PM0.29m
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
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7:18
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7:20
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7:08
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7:06
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7:04
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4
4
7
2
1
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1
1
1
Temp °C
16
15
15
15
16
17
17
17
20
18
17
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
15
Feels °C
11
10
9
9
11
11
11
10
12
9
7
10
10
8
8
9
10
11
11
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