The Cove Surf Break

Lat Long: 54.56° N 0.77° W

The Cove 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 30 Aug 2026 (local time)

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Today's The Cove sea temperature is
16.1°C
1.3° 

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 (30 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (30 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 6s period with N swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 6s period with N swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 4s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for The Cove at 5PM is: 0.6m 6s primary swell from a North direction and 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm August 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Aug)2ft (0.6m)6s
Afternoon (30 Aug)2ft (0.6m)6s
Evening (30 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)4s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Warm (max 21°C on Sun afternoon, min 13°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WSW on Tue morning, light winds from the SSW by Tue night).

Sun
30
Monday
31
Tuesday
1
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
N
6
0.6
N
6
0.6
N
6
0.8
SE
4
0.5
N
6
0.5
N
7
0.5
N
7
0.5
N
7
0.5
N
7
0.6
N
7
0.6
N
7
0.6
N
7
0.6
N
7
1
NNW
6
0.9
NNW
6
0.8
N
6
0.7
N
6
0.7
N
6
0.6
N
6
0.5
N
6
0.4
NNE
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
29
29
29
27
20
24
24
23
24
35
34
34
34
68
66
48
36
35
25
17
11
Wind (km/h)
10
SW
10
SSW
15
SSE
15
W
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
WSW
15
W
20
W
25
WNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
30
W
25
W
15
WSW
20
SW
30
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
Wind State
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
High Tide
5:57PM4.32m
6:02AM4.66m
6:29PM4.30m
6:37AM4.58m
7:05PM4.20m
Low Tide
12:00PM0.07m
00:08AM0.49m
12:33PM0.11m
00:42AM0.53m
1:08PM0.26m
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:05
6:07
6:09
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:00
7:58
7:55
 mm
1
2
3
2
1
Temp °C
17
20
21
17
16
15
14
14
16
17
19
17
14
13
13
13
16
19
19
17
16
Feels °C
16
19
19
16
13
13
12
12
13
13
15
12
9
7
10
9
11
13
13
12
12
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