The Cove surfForecast / Scot – North Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Tuesday 24 Mar 2026 GMT
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The Cove surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's The Cove sea temperature is
7.6° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at The Cove today?

The current surf forecast for The Cove at 9PM is: 5.0m 14s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm March 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Mar)--
Afternoon (24 Mar)21ft (6.5m)16s
Evening (24 Mar)16ft (5.0m)14s

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


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Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
!
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
5
2
3
1
0
2
1
6
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
6.5
WNW
5.5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5.5
WNW
5
WNW
5
NW
5.5
NW
5.5
NNW
5.5
NNW
5.5
NNW
5.5
NW
5.5
NW
5.5
NW
3.5
N
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.3
N
2.2
N
2
N
2.3
W
3
W
3.5
WNW
5
WNW
Period(s) (?)161514141312121212121212131312131211111111101014
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1952613250977894739273674568447717828991788612912810379930935142553172512691172101912301462253810677
Wind
(km/h)
40
W
40
W
40
WNW
45
WNW
55
WNW
40
NW
50
NW
55
NW
55
NW
50
NW
50
NW
50
NW
50
NW
45
NW
30
NW
15
WNW
10
SSW
25
SSE
30
S
30
W
35
W
35
W
35
WSW
40
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossoffcross-
off
offcrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:22AM
4.40
1:02PM
4.25
1:31AM
4.15
2:37PM
4.00
3:04AM
4.04
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:14PM
1.83
6:43AM
1.93
7:15PM
2.24
8:02AM
2.15
8:46PM
2.52
9:47AM
2.16
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sunrise------6:03-------6:00------5:56--
Sunset-6:36-------6:38-------6:40------
part cloud
clear
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--12211---111----1-1----
Temp. °C765544444342334452576567
Feels °C (?)-3-4-5-6-8-6-8-9-9-10-9-11-9-9-5-21-5-20-3-4-3-3
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