The Cove Surf Forecast

/ North East England (54 surf breaks) /

UK (473 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

The Cove surfForecast / North East England / UK

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Saturday 18 Oct 2025 BST

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The Cove surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's The Cove sea temperature is 12.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at The Cove today?

The current surf forecast for The Cove at 6PM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.3m 2s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Oct)	2.5ft (0.7m)	11s
Afternoon (18 Oct)	3ft (0.9m)	11s
Evening (18 Oct)	3ft (0.9m)	10s

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

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	Saturday 18					Sunday 19								Monday 20								Tuesday 21
	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	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	N	N	N	N	SE	N	N	NNE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	SE	E	E	E	E
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	6	10	10	10	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	6	7	6
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	158	156	191	251	177	170	127	125	98	100	133	54	54	35	202	120	88	31	31	44	44	31	33	20
Wind (km/h)	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	S	SSW	S	S	SSE	SSE	SE	S	WNW	WNW	WSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			2:48PM 3.85				2:47AM 4.09				3:24PM 4.04				3:25AM 4.25				3:55PM 4.19				4:00AM 4.36
Low Tide / height (m)	8:44AM 0.62				9:01PM 1.08				9:23AM 0.46				9:37PM 0.87				9:56AM 0.37					10:09PM 0.70

	Saturday 18					Sunday 19								Monday 20								Tuesday 21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:53	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	12	13	12	12	11	11	11	12	13	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11
Feels °C (?)	7	7	9	8	8	6	6	5	7	7	6	7	9	10	11	10	9	9	9	11	12	11	10	9

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for North East England

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at The Cove (moderate winds from the S at Loftus 6 km from The Cove). A 1.0m groundswell from the NNE
46 minutes ago The Cove

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Actual: 46 min ago

24 km/h

Cross-Off

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