The Cove Surf Break

Lat Long: 54.56° N 0.77° W

The Cove 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 07 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Cove sea temperature is
15.8°C
1.4° 

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 (07 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (07 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with NNE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with NNE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 8s period with NNE swell.

The current surf forecast for The Cove at 8AM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 07). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Afternoon (07 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Evening (07 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 Mon night. Warm (max 20°C on Sun night, min 12°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the NW on Tue night, calm by Wed afternoon).

Monday
7
Tuesday
8
Wednesday
9
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
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
N
8
0.4
NNE
8
0.4
NNE
8
0.4
NNE
8
0.4
NNE
9
0.3
NNE
9
0.3
NNE
9
0.3
NNE
8
0.3
NNE
8
0.2
NNE
8
0.2
N
8
0.2
N
8
0.2
N
8
0.1
N
8
0.1
N
8
0.1
N
8
1.6
NW
5
2.1
NNW
7
2
N
7
1.7
N
7
1.5
N
7
1.3
N
7
1.1
N
6
1
N
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
34
23
24
24
25
15
15
14
13
6
5
5
5
1
1
1
129
383
388
266
199
144
92
76
Wind (km/h)
15
SSW
15
SW
20
SW
15
WNW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
SW
25
SSW
35
SW
25
SW
25
WSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
40
WSW
40
WSW
40
W
45
NW
40
NW
30
NW
30
NW
15
NNW
5
NE
0
E
10
S
Wind State
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
glassy
glassy
cross-off
High Tide
00:20AM3.44m
1:16PM3.56m
1:36AM3.72m
2:25PM3.83m
2:35AM4.09m
3:18PM4.11m
Low Tide
7:06AM1.17m
7:46PM1.34m
8:20AM0.79m
8:46PM1.06m
9:15AM0.38m
9:35PM0.79m
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:20
6:20
6:22
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:40
7:37
7:36
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
19
17
17
17
17
18
17
16
15
14
13
14
16
16
14
14
13
13
12
13
14
14
14
14
Feels °C
17
15
15
15
13
13
12
11
9
10
8
8
9
8
7
6
4
5
5
7
10
12
13
11
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our The Cove surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest