The Cove Surf Break

Lat Long: 54.56° N 0.77° W

The Cove 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 23 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Cove sea temperature is
14.4°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 (23 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (23 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with N swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 5s period with N swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 7s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for The Cove at 3PM is: 0.9m 5s primary swell from a North direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am September 23). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)8s
Afternoon (23 Sep)3ft (0.9m)5s
Evening (23 Sep)4ft (1.2m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Wed morning. Very mild (max 19°C on Thu afternoon, min 10°C on Fri night). Mainly fresh winds.

Wednesday
23
Thursday
24
Friday
25
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
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
N
8
0.5
N
8
0.4
NNE
8
0.9
N
5
0.9
N
6
1.2
N
6
1.2
N
7
1.1
N
7
1.1
NNE
7
1.1
NNE
7
1.1
NNE
7
0.9
NNE
7
0.9
NNE
7
0.7
NNE
7
0.8
NNE
8
0.8
NNE
8
0.7
NNE
8
0.6
NNE
8
0.5
NNE
7
0.4
NNE
7
0.4
NE
7
0.1
N
22
0.1
N
22
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
32
31
20
37
50
116
130
117
132
121
121
91
74
54
66
66
52
45
30
19
11
9
9
Wind (km/h)
10
WSW
10
SW
30
WNW
20
NW
25
NNW
10
N
5
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
15
S
15
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
15
NW
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
N
Wind State
off
off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross
cross-on
on
cross-on
High Tide
2:04AM3.54m
2:43PM3.54m
2:44AM3.86m
3:18PM3.82m
3:19AM4.16m
3:51PM4.08m
Low Tide
8:36AM1.08m
8:48PM1.29m
9:14AM0.74m
9:24PM1.01m
9:48AM0.43m
9:59PM0.75m
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
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part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
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cloud
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light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:48
6:50
6:52
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:00
6:58
6:54
 mm
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
17
17
16
13
13
13
13
12
11
11
12
16
19
17
16
15
14
14
16
15
13
13
11
Feels °C
16
17
12
9
8
11
12
10
9
9
9
12
15
14
12
12
11
12
14
12
10
11
8
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