The Cove Surf Break

Lat Long: 54.56° N 0.77° W

The Cove 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 06 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Cove sea temperature is
16.8° C
1.6° 

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 (06 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Aug, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 7s period with NNW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 8s period with N swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 8s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for The Cove at 5AM is: 0.2m 9s primary swell from a North direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00am August 06). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Aug)3ft (0.9m)7s
Afternoon (06 Aug)4.5ft (1.4m)8s
Evening (06 Aug)4.5ft (1.4m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Warm (max 24°C on Sat afternoon, min 12°C on Thu morning). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the W on Wed night, light winds from the E by Thu afternoon).

Thursday
6
Friday
7
Saturday
8
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
1
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
N
7
0.2
N
9
0.9
NNW
7
1.1
NNW
7
1.1
N
7
1.5
N
8
1.4
N
8
1.4
N
8
1.3
N
8
1.2
N
8
1.1
N
8
1.1
N
8
1
N
8
0.9
NNE
8
0.8
NNE
8
0.8
NNE
8
0.7
NNE
7
0.6
N
7
0.5
N
7
0.4
NNE
7
0.4
NNE
7
0.3
NNE
7
0.3
NNE
6
0.2
N
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
10
7
76
110
130
291
260
253
219
190
161
157
127
104
79
75
57
39
24
15
15
9
8
3
Wind (km/h)
40
W
35
W
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
5
N
5
E
10
W
15
W
15
WSW
15
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
25
W
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
20
WSW
15
WSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
High Tide
9:18AM3.88m
10:00PM3.55m
10:25AM3.68m
11:11PM3.45m
11:47AM3.59m
Low Tide
3:13AM1.16m
3:51PM0.99m
4:12AM1.31m
4:59PM1.20m
5:32AM1.37m
6:24PM1.29m
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clear
clear
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part cloud
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clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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clear
clear
clear
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:20
5:22
5:24
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:54
8:52
8:51
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
14
14
13
12
12
14
15
16
14
13
14
17
20
20
19
16
15
14
14
18
22
24
22
19
Feels °C
6
7
8
8
8
13
14
13
11
10
11
13
15
14
14
13
12
11
11
13
17
19
18
16
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