The Cove Surf Break

Lat Long: 58.62° N 3.65° W

The Cove 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 01 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Cove sea temperature is
13.9°C
0.9° 

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):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Sep, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 6s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Sep, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 7s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Cove at 9PM is: 2.0m 7s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Sep)--
Afternoon (01 Sep)6ft (1.8m)6s
Evening (01 Sep)6.5ft (2.0m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Very mild (max 17°C on Thu afternoon, min 10°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NE on Wed afternoon, strong winds from the WSW by Fri morning).

Tue
1
Wednesday
2
Thursday
3
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
2
3
3
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2
W
6
2.2
W
7
2
WNW
7
1.8
WNW
7
1.8
WNW
7
2.3
NW
9
2.4
NNW
10
2.4
NNW
11
2.4
NNW
11
2.3
NNW
11
2
N
11
1.8
N
10
1.6
N
10
1.4
N
10
1.2
N
9
1.1
N
9
1
N
9
0.9
N
9
0.8
N
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
321
466
414
330
333
795
1100
1273
1292
1164
918
679
500
369
251
198
160
127
99
Wind (km/h)
35
W
35
W
35
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
15
NW
10
NE
20
ESE
25
SE
20
SE
15
SSE
15
SW
35
WSW
30
W
25
WSW
15
SSW
25
SW
Wind State
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
11:55PM4.92m
12:25PM4.57m
00:38AM4.69m
1:11PM4.38m
Low Tide
5:54PM1.57m
6:21AM1.42m
6:34PM1.76m
7:04AM1.70m
7:23PM1.99m
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:13
6:16
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:15
8:13
8:09
 mm
1
3
2
1
Temp °C
14
13
12
11
10
10
11
11
12
11
11
12
13
13
15
16
17
16
14
Feels °C
6
6
5
4
4
4
6
7
9
6
5
8
10
11
9
10
12
13
9
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