Surf Break

Lat Long: 54.56° N 0.77° W

The Cove 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 13 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Cove sea temperature is
13.7°C
1.7° 

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 (13 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (13 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 8s period with NNE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 8s period with N swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 9s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for The Cove at 6AM is: 0.3m 8s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.1m 7s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 13). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Oct)1ft (0.3m)8s
Afternoon (13 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)8s
Evening (13 Oct)0.5ft (0.1m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue morning. Very mild (max 18°C on Thu morning, min 10°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Wed night, light winds from the NW by Thu afternoon).

Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
NNE
8
0.3
NNE
8
0.3
NNE
8
0.3
NNE
8
0.2
N
8
0.2
N
8
0.1
N
8
0.1
N
9
0.4
NW
5
0.4
NNW
6
0.3
NNW
6
0.2
NNW
6
0.1
N
9
0.1
N
8
0.1
N
7
0.1
N
10
0.1
N
9
0.1
N
10
0.1
N
10
0.1
N
21
0.2
N
22
0.3
N
21
0.2
N
21
0.2
N
21
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
14
14
14
14
6
6
1
2
6
15
7
3
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
8
36
80
34
33
Wind (km/h)
25
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
30
W
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
W
25
W
20
WSW
20
SW
15
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
40
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SW
25
SW
15
NW
10
NW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross
cross
High Tide
5:36AM4.52m
5:53PM4.31m
6:12AM4.33m
6:25PM4.13m
6:49AM4.06m
6:59PM3.89m
Low Tide
11:37PM0.37m
11:56AM0.40m
00:09AM0.45m
12:28PM0.66m
00:43AM0.62m
1:01PM0.94m
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light rain
light rain
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7:30
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Temp °C
16
16
16
16
16
15
13
11
11
11
10
11
15
16
15
14
13
12
12
15
18
18
14
12
Feels °C
12
12
10
11
9
8
6
6
7
7
6
5
9
10
9
8
6
6
5
8
12
14
12
10
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