Surf Break

Lat Long: 58.62° N 3.65° W

The Cove 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 08 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Cove sea temperature is
13.0°C
1.1° 

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 (08 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Oct, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 11s period with WNW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 11s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 10s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Cove at 10AM is: 2.0m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.8m 9s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Oct)6.5ft (2.0m)11s
Afternoon (08 Oct)5.5ft (1.7m)11s
Evening (08 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 30mm), heaviest during Thu night. Very mild (max 11°C on Thu morning, min 8°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSW on Thu afternoon, strong winds from the WNW by Sat night).

Thursday
8
Friday
9
Saturday
10
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
2
2
3
2
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.2
WNW
12
2.1
WNW
12
2
WNW
11
1.8
WNW
11
1.6
WNW
11
1.5
W
11
1.3
WNW
10
1.1
W
10
0.9
WNW
10
0.8
WNW
10
1.4
W
9
1.9
W
6
2.3
W
6
2.4
W
7
2.4
W
7
2.3
W
12
2.5
W
12
3.5
W
11
5
W
12
5
WNW
13
4.5
WNW
13
4.5
WNW
13
4
WNW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1259
1121
949
792
622
525
377
240
157
123
318
233
446
541
562
1406
2000
3210
6430
7864
7028
6343
5789
Wind (km/h)
20
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
W
5
SSW
20
SE
30
SE
25
SE
20
SSE
20
SSW
40
W
45
W
40
W
35
W
35
W
30
WSW
35
W
45
W
40
WNW
45
WNW
40
WNW
40
WNW
50
WNW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross
High Tide
8:00AM4.70m
7:58PM4.93m
8:39AM4.86m
8:38PM5.10m
9:12AM4.94m
9:14PM5.17m
Low Tide
1:33AM1.30m
1:51PM1.76m
2:15AM1.09m
2:30PM1.53m
2:54AM0.98m
3:06PM1.38m
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
mod rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
—
7:33
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
7:35
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
7:37
—
—
—
—
—
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
—
—
—
—
6:29
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6:27
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6:23
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6
5
2
—
—
1
1
1
1
4
4
1
1
1
—
Temp °C
10
9
10
11
11
10
10
9
8
10
11
11
11
10
10
9
9
9
9
11
10
10
9
Feels °C
5
5
6
8
8
5
3
3
3
6
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
-1
0
2
2
1
-2
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our The Cove surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest