The Cove Surf Break

Lat Long: 54.56° N 0.77° W

The Cove 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 04 Sep 2026 (local time)

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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 (04 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with N swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 9s period with N swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 8s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for The Cove at 7PM is: 0.3m 8s primary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm September 04). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 8s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.6m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Afternoon (04 Sep)1ft (0.3m)9s
Evening (04 Sep)1ft (0.3m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sun morning. Warm (max 21°C on Sun afternoon, min 13°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the W on Fri morning, light winds from the SSW by Sat night).

Fri
4
Saturday
5
Sunday
6
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
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
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Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
N
9
0.3
N
9
0.3
N
9
0.3
N
8
0.3
N
8
0.3
N
8
0.2
N
8
0.9
NNW
7
1
NNW
7
1
NNW
7
0.9
NNW
8
0.9
N
8
0.8
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
7
0.5
N
8
0.5
N
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
25
14
13
12
12
12
5
77
105
108
94
105
86
63
45
43
28
29
28
29
33
Wind (km/h)
35
W
40
W
40
W
35
W
30
W
30
W
35
W
30
W
30
W
25
WNW
15
WNW
15
WSW
15
SW
15
SSW
10
S
15
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
S
20
S
20
SSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
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
High Tide
8:57AM3.84m
9:29PM3.53m
10:11AM3.55m
10:49PM3.37m
11:46AM3.43m
Low Tide
3:26PM1.16m
3:53AM1.25m
4:42PM1.44m
5:26AM1.35m
6:21PM1.51m
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clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
cloud
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:13
6:16
6:18
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:47
7:45
7:43
 mm
2
Temp °C
17
17
18
17
15
14
14
14
15
17
18
18
15
14
13
13
14
14
21
21
21
Feels °C
11
9
10
10
9
8
7
8
9
12
14
15
12
12
10
9
9
10
18
17
18
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