The Cove Surf Break

Lat Long: 54.56° N 0.77° W

The Cove 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 26 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Cove sea temperature is
15.7° C
1.0° 

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 (26 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (26 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 8s period with N swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (26 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 8s period with NNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (26 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for The Cove at 5AM is: 0.1m 12s primary swell from a North direction and 0.1m 4s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00am July 26). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Jul)1ft (0.3m)8s
Afternoon (26 Jul)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Evening (26 Jul)1.5ft (0.5m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Warm (max 26°C on Tue afternoon, min 13°C on Sun night). Mainly fresh winds.

Sunday
26
Monday
27
Tuesday
28
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
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
N
13
0.1
N
12
0.2
N
8
0.3
N
8
0.3
N
8
0.7
NNW
8
0.4
N
8
0.5
N
8
0.5
N
8
0.4
N
8
0.7
N
8
0.5
N
8
0.9
NNW
8
0.9
N
8
0.8
N
8
0.7
N
8
0.7
N
8
0.7
N
8
0.6
N
9
0.6
N
9
0.6
N
10
0.6
N
9
0.5
N
9
0.5
N
9
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Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
3
3
6
12
11
62
18
28
30
19
58
31
104
100
78
61
64
66
57
62
65
62
41
41
Wind (km/h)
15
SW
15
SSW
25
W
30
WNW
30
WNW
20
N
10
NNW
5
NNW
10
WSW
25
W
25
W
25
W
25
WNW
30
W
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
10
SSW
Wind State
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
High Tide
2:04AM3.39m
2:36PM3.45m
2:56AM3.58m
3:25PM3.60m
3:39AM3.80m
4:07PM3.75m
Low Tide
8:36AM1.36m
9:00PM1.37m
9:25AM1.13m
9:42PM1.19m
10:07AM0.89m
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5:01
5:03
5:05
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9:15
9:13
9:10
 mm
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
15
16
17
16
18
15
14
14
14
13
13
17
20
20
18
16
17
17
18
20
24
26
24
21
Feels °C
13
15
13
11
13
12
13
14
13
9
8
12
15
15
14
14
16
17
17
18
21
25
23
21
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