Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at The Cove today (29 Jul):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (29 Jul, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 9s period with W swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Jul, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 8s period with W swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 8s period with W swell.
The current surf forecast for The Cove at 2PM is: 1.7m 8s primary swell from a West direction and 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00am July 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
| Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (29 Jul) | 7ft (2.2m) | 9s |
| Afternoon (29 Jul) | 5.5ft (1.7m) | 8s |
| Evening (29 Jul) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at The Cove. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastModerate rain (total 11mm), heaviest on Thu morning. Very mild (max 16°C on Wed morning, min 11°C on Thu morning). Mainly fresh winds. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 29 | Thursday 30 | Friday 31 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 9 | W 9 | W 9 | W 8 | WNW 8 | W 8 | W 8 | NNW 8 | NNW 7 | NNW 8 | NNW 8 | NNW 8 | NNW 8 | WNW 5 | WNW 5 | WNW 6 | WNW 6 | WNW 7 | WNW 7 | WNW 7 | WNW 6 | WNW 6 | WNW 6 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 440 | 770 | 735 | 392 | 264 | 157 | 129 | 98 | 68 | 107 | 99 | 110 | 131 | 61 | 60 | 107 | 197 | 241 | 180 | 134 | 85 | 67 | 58 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross | glassy | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross | cross-on | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross | cross-off |
High Tide | 9:40AM4.43m | 9:42PM4.80m | 10:12AM4.53m | 10:14PM4.89m | 10:43AM4.59m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 3:24AM1.58m | 3:30PM1.78m | 3:58AM1.44m | 4:04PM1.69m | 4:30AM1.35m | 4:37PM1.63m | |||||||||||||||||
 |  |  | |  | |  | | | |  | | | |  | | | | | | | |  | |
 | 4:56 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4:58 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:00 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | 9:44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9:42 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9:38 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Temp °C | 13 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 12 |
Feels °C | 7 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | N 9 | N 9 | N 9 | N 9 | WNW 8 | W 8 | W 8 | NNW 8 | NNW 7 | NNW 8 | NNW 8 | NNW 8 | W 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | WNW 7 | WNW 6 | N 7 | N 7 |
| kJ | 126 | 97 | 76 | 76 | 264 | 157 | 129 | 98 | 68 | 107 | 99 | 110 | 18 | 58 | 60 | 42 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 134 | 85 | 23 | 38 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | N 9 | NW 7 | NW 7 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 7 | — | NW 10 | NW 10 | — | — | — | — | N 7 | N 7 | N 7 | W 7 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | 55 | 44 | 64 | 80 | 57 | 55 | 41 | 27 | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 27 | 38 | 23 | 4 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | NW 11 | N 9 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | 18 | 53 | 50 | 34 | 47 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 9 | W 9 | W 9 | W 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | W 4 | NNW 8 | WNW 5 | WNW 5 | WNW 6 | WNW 6 | WNW 7 | WNW 7 | — | — | WNW 6 | WNW 6 |
| kJ | 440 | 770 | 735 | 392 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 131 | 61 | 57 | 107 | 197 | 241 | 180 | — | — | 67 | 58 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 148 | 148 | 148 | 34 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 621 | 621 | 421 | 412 | 412 | 424 | 424 | 424 | 424 | 2744 | 10 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Scotland - North Coast | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our The Cove surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest