Surf Break

Lat Long: 54.56° N 0.77° W

The Cove 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 12 Oct 2026 (local time)

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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 (12 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (12 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with N swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with N swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 6s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for The Cove at 4PM is: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a North direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 12). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Afternoon (12 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Evening (12 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)6s

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 16°C on Mon night, min 10°C on Tue night). Mainly fresh winds.

Mon
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
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
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
N
9
0.5
N
9
0.5
N
9
0.4
NNE
9
0.8
SE
6
0.3
NNE
8
0.3
NNE
8
0.3
NNE
8
0.3
NNE
8
0.2
N
8
0.2
N
8
0.2
N
8
0.1
N
9
0.1
N
9
1
NW
6
0.5
NNW
6
0.4
NNW
6
0.3
NNW
6
0.2
N
6
0.2
N
7
0.2
N
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
40
39
39
25
49
14
14
14
14
6
6
6
1
2
71
22
12
7
3
4
3
Wind (km/h)
25
SSE
30
S
30
S
25
S
20
S
25
SSW
25
S
35
SSW
35
W
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
W
30
W
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
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
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
High Tide
5:21PM4.44m
5:36AM4.52m
5:53PM4.31m
6:12AM4.33m
6:25PM4.13m
Low Tide
11:24AM0.20m
11:37PM0.37m
11:56AM0.40m
00:09AM0.45m
12:28PM0.66m
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clear
clear
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clear
clear
clear
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7:24
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7:26
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7:28
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Temp °C
13
14
14
14
14
15
15
16
16
16
15
13
12
10
10
10
11
14
16
15
14
Feels °C
8
8
8
10
11
11
11
11
10
10
8
6
6
5
6
6
7
8
10
9
8
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