The Cove surfForecast / Scot – North Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Friday 10 Apr 2026 BST
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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
7.5° 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 8AM is: 4.0m 15s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 10). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Apr)13ft (4.0m)15s
Afternoon (10 Apr)13ft (4.0m)15s
Evening (10 Apr)11ft (3.5m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
5
0
0
6
6
6
6
3
0
0
0
1
1
2
4
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
4
W
4
WNW
4
WNW
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.1
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.4
W
2.2
W
2.1
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.2
W
1.3
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
2.1
WSW
Period(s) (?)14151515151515151414141313171816151313151413138
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)54466034542181157716696266315626437432482247153511921077291223031297888466780932694529536
Wind
(km/h)
25
WSW
35
WNW
35
W
30
W
25
W
10
W
20
ESE
40
ESE
50
SE
55
SE
55
SE
40
SE
35
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
40
SE
60
SE
40
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
50
SSE
40
SSW
30
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:17AM
3.90
3:31PM
3.65
3:47AM
3.82
5:08PM
3.73
5:14AM
3.93
6:17PM
3.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:54PM
2.63
8:54AM
2.50
9:22PM
2.80
10:37AM
2.48
11:12PM
2.73
11:56AM
2.26
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Sunrise---6:16-------6:13-------6:11----
Sunset-------8:15-------8:17-------8:20
clear
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
-11-------24-----------1
Temp. °C655567765565667765678997
Feels °C (?)0-3-4-3-121-4-7-7-6-4-3-100-4-8-3-2-1-200
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