The Cove Surf Break

Lat Long: 58.62° N 3.65° W

The Cove 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 02 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 (03 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.4m), 11s period with NNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 11s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for The Cove at 12AM is: 1.9m 10s primary swell from a North direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 02). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Sep)--
Afternoon (03 Sep)8ft (2.4m)11s
Evening (03 Sep)7ft (2.1m)11s

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 16°C on Thu morning, min 11°C on Wed afternoon). Winds increasing (light winds from the E on Wed afternoon, near gales from the W by Fri afternoon).

Wed
2
Thursday
3
Friday
4
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)
3
3
1
1
3
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.4
NNW
11
2.2
N
11
2
N
11
1.8
N
10
1.6
N
10
1.4
N
10
1.8
W
6
1.8
W
6
1.6
W
7
1.2
W
7
1.1
W
6
1.1
WSW
7
0.7
W
11
1.5
W
11
2.4
W
12
4
W
12
6
W
12
5
W
11
4
W
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1292
1144
934
679
500
369
246
252
219
124
101
121
110
524
1517
4393
10065
5164
2778
Wind (km/h)
10
E
25
ESE
30
SE
30
SE
15
S
30
WSW
40
W
35
W
30
WSW
20
SW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
40
SW
50
WSW
60
W
55
W
50
WNW
Wind State
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
00:38AM4.69m
1:11PM4.38m
1:32AM4.40m
2:10PM4.17m
Low Tide
6:34PM1.76m
7:04AM1.70m
7:23PM1.99m
7:57AM2.02m
8:29PM2.21m
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:16
6:18
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:13
8:09
8:07
 mm
3
3
1
1
Temp °C
12
11
11
12
13
14
14
16
16
15
14
12
12
12
13
14
14
13
13
Feels °C
9
5
5
7
11
9
6
9
10
11
10
7
6
6
5
4
3
2
3
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