The Cove Surf Break

Lat Long: 54.56° N 0.77° W

The Cove 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 05 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Cove sea temperature is
15.8°C
1.2° 

The 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 The Cove today (05 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 7s period with NNW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 7s period with NNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 8s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for The Cove at 8AM is: 1.1m 6s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.9m 7s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)7s
Afternoon (05 Sep)3ft (0.9m)7s
Evening (05 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Sun morning. Warm (max 21°C on Sun afternoon, min 13°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the W on Fri night, light winds from the SW by Sat night).

Saturday
5
Sunday
6
Monday
7
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
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
1
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)
0.3
N
8
0.2
N
8
1.1
NW
6
1
NNW
7
0.9
NNW
7
0.8
NNW
7
0.8
N
8
0.7
N
8
0.7
N
8
0.6
N
8
0.6
N
8
0.5
N
8
0.5
N
8
0.5
N
8
0.5
N
8
0.5
N
8
0.8
ESE
6
0.4
NNE
8
0.4
NNE
8
0.4
NNE
8
0.4
NNE
9
0.3
NNE
9
0.3
NNE
9
0.3
NNE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
11
5
94
102
86
67
84
65
63
46
44
29
28
29
29
33
40
24
24
24
25
15
15
14
Wind (km/h)
30
W
35
W
35
W
30
W
25
WNW
15
WNW
15
W
15
SW
15
SW
15
S
15
S
20
SSW
20
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
20
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
25
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
SW
30
SW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
High Tide
10:11AM3.55m
10:49PM3.37m
11:46AM3.43m
00:20AM3.44m
1:16PM3.56m
Low Tide
3:53AM1.25m
4:42PM1.44m
5:26AM1.35m
6:21PM1.51m
7:06AM1.17m
7:46PM1.34m
clear
clear
clear
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clear
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part cloud
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light rain
rain showers
part cloud
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clear
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:16
6:18
6:20
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:45
7:43
7:40
 mm
5
1
Temp °C
14
14
13
15
17
18
18
15
14
13
13
15
13
20
21
21
19
17
16
17
17
17
17
14
Feels °C
8
7
6
9
12
14
15
12
11
11
10
11
10
16
17
18
16
14
13
13
11
11
12
8
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