The Cove surfForecast / Scot – North Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Monday 30 Mar 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
7.3° 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 8PM is: 7.0m 16s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Mar)28ft (8.5m)17s
Afternoon (30 Mar)26ft (8.0m)17s
Evening (30 Mar)23ft (7.0m)16s

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


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Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
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6
9
7
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
3
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
8.5
WNW
8
WNW
8
WNW
7
WNW
6.5
WNW
5.5
WNW
5
WNW
4
WNW
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
W
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.1
WNW
1.9
WNW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
Period(s) (?)171717161616161514141313131313121212111111131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)42980388713430127344218811439610784760157744896360933473194339337112767230218141284990807242623101946
Wind
(km/h)
50
WNW
55
WNW
50
WNW
45
WNW
35
WNW
25
W
10
S
15
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
SW
30
SSW
25
SW
30
WSW
25
N
30
N
20
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
0
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrossoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
ononcross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
ononglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:45AM
4.69
8:31PM
4.68
8:28AM
4.93
9:06PM
4.81
9:05AM
5.08
9:37PM
4.88
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:02PM
1.31
2:17AM
1.75
2:42PM
1.12
2:54AM
1.55
3:18PM
1.04
3:29AM
1.42
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Sunrise-------6:46-------6:43-------6:39
Sunset---7:50-------7:52-------7:54----
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-------1-------133431---
Temp. °C6777766812121312121111644335443
Feels °C (?)-6-5-5-3-1-13466656550-3-2-4-3-1100
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