Priests Cove Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.13° N 5.71° W

Priests Cove 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 20 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Priests Cove sea temperature is
17.5° C
0.5° 

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 (21 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (21 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 9s period with W swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 5s period with NNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Priests Cove at 2AM is: 1.4m 9s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm August 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Aug)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Afternoon (21 Aug)4.5ft (1.3m)5s
Evening (21 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 18°C on Thu afternoon, min 15°C on Thu night). Mainly fresh winds.

Thu
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
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
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.2
WNW
9
2.1
WNW
9
1.9
WNW
10
1.5
W
10
1.3
W
9
1.2
W
9
1.1
W
9
1
W
8
1.3
NNW
5
1.1
NW
5
0.5
W
9
0.4
SW
16
0.4
SW
15
0.4
SW
15
0.8
N
6
0.8
N
6
0.3
SW
15
0.3
SW
15
0.4
SW
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
809
755
631
423
287
225
181
140
97
64
39
64
63
67
40
41
34
34
55
Wind (km/h)
30
NW
30
NW
20
NNW
15
N
20
NNE
25
NNE
30
N
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
N
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
NE
15
E
15
E
15
NE
20
NNE
25
NNE
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
High Tide
10:59PM3.84m
11:34AM3.72m
00:17AM3.56m
1:05PM3.59m
Low Tide
4:59PM1.57m
5:25AM1.74m
6:02PM1.84m
6:37AM1.94m
7:29PM1.95m
part cloud
part cloud
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:20
6:20
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:31
8:30
8:28
 mm
2
2
3
2
Temp °C
17
18
17
16
15
15
15
15
15
15
16
15
16
16
16
17
17
17
16
Feels °C
12
12
13
13
12
10
9
9
9
9
11
11
13
14
14
14
15
13
12
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