The Cove Surf Break

Lat Long: 58.62° N 3.65° W

The Cove 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 05 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Cove sea temperature is
13.4° C
0.1° 

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 (05 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 8s period with N swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Aug, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 8s period with N swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Aug, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 8s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for The Cove at 10AM is: 1.1m 8s primary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00am August 05). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Aug)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Afternoon (05 Aug)6ft (1.8m)8s
Evening (05 Aug)8ft (2.5m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 15°C on Wed morning, min 12°C on Wed afternoon). Mainly strong winds.

Wednesday
5
Thursday
6
Friday
7
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
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
NNE
7
1
NNE
8
1.1
N
8
1.5
N
8
2
N
8
2.4
N
8
2.5
N
8
2.2
N
8
1.9
N
7
1.7
NNW
7
1.6
NNW
7
1
N
7
0.9
N
7
0.7
N
7
0.6
N
7
0.5
N
7
0.3
W
10
0.3
W
9
0.4
W
10
1.7
W
7
2.4
W
8
2.5
W
9
2.4
W
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
134
120
138
266
475
636
787
538
387
285
219
92
72
43
32
22
16
15
28
262
746
1039
1019
Wind (km/h)
10
ESE
5
W
10
N
20
NNE
30
NNE
40
NNW
40
NNW
35
NNW
35
NW
30
NW
30
NW
25
WNW
20
WNW
15
W
15
SW
20
SSW
15
S
20
SSW
25
SSW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
25
SSW
Wind State
cross-off
glassy
on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
1:04AM4.67m
1:46PM4.29m
1:55AM4.48m
2:44PM4.17m
3:01AM4.28m
3:55PM4.11m
Low Tide
7:34AM1.68m
7:47PM2.10m
8:27AM1.89m
8:50PM2.27m
9:36AM2.09m
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light rain
cloud
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cloud
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light rain
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:11
5:13
5:15
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
9:28
9:24
9:22
 mm
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
Temp °C
14
14
15
14
13
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
13
14
13
13
12
13
14
14
15
14
14
Feels °C
13
14
14
11
7
5
4
5
5
6
6
6
8
11
9
9
9
9
9
8
9
9
10
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