The Cove Surf Break

Lat Long: 54.56° N 0.77° W

The Cove 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 01 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Cove sea temperature is
16.0°C
1.2° 

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 (01 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 6s period with N swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 6s period with N swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 6s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for The Cove at 6PM is: 0.5m 6s primary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm September 01). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Sep)2ft (0.6m)6s
Afternoon (01 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)6s
Evening (01 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Warm (max 21°C on Thu afternoon, min 15°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WSW on Tue afternoon, light winds from the SW by Wed morning).

Tue
1
Wednesday
2
Thursday
3
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
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
N
6
0.5
N
6
0.5
N
6
0.4
NNE
6
0.4
N
6
0.3
N
6
0.3
N
6
0.2
N
7
0.2
N
7
0.2
N
7
0.2
N
8
0.2
N
8
0.3
N
13
0.4
N
12
0.5
N
12
0.5
N
11
0.6
N
11
0.6
N
11
0.5
N
10
0.5
N
10
0.5
N
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
25
17
17
11
10
6
6
4
4
4
5
5
29
46
66
60
86
83
52
48
47
Wind (km/h)
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
SW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
30
W
30
WSW
30
WSW
10
SW
Wind State
off
off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
High Tide
7:05PM4.20m
7:17AM4.40m
7:44PM4.02m
8:02AM4.15m
8:30PM3.78m
Low Tide
1:08PM0.26m
1:19AM0.63m
1:47PM0.51m
2:00AM0.80m
2:31PM0.82m
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:09
6:09
6:11
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7:55
7:52
7:51
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Temp °C
16
19
20
17
17
16
16
15
15
15
16
15
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17
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21
19
18
Feels °C
11
13
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12
13
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