The Cove Surf Break

Lat Long: 58.62° N 3.65° W

The Cove 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 05 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Cove sea temperature is
13.7°C
0.8° 

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 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 10s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 9s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Cove at 11PM is: 1.9m 9s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Sep)--
Afternoon (05 Sep)10ft (3.0m)10s
Evening (05 Sep)7ft (2.1m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 18mm), heaviest on Sat night. Very mild (max 18°C on Sun night, min 11°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (light winds from the S on Sat night, strong winds from the WSW by Tue morning).

Sat
5
Sunday
6
Monday
7
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
3
3
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
2
5
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.5
WNW
10
2.3
WNW
10
2
WNW
9
1.8
WNW
9
1.6
WNW
9
1.1
W
9
0.9
W
9
0.8
W
8
0.7
W
8
0.7
W
8
0.7
W
8
1.5
W
10
0.3
NNE
8
0.3
NNE
8
1.3
W
8
1.8
W
11
2.3
W
13
3
W
14
4
W
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1243
963
659
516
380
189
117
88
66
66
68
432
14
14
212
807
1703
4163
6596
Wind (km/h)
35
W
20
W
15
WSW
15
S
15
SE
25
SE
25
SE
20
S
25
S
35
S
30
SSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
40
SSW
Wind State
cross
cross
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
High Tide
3:31PM4.04m
4:29AM4.01m
5:06PM4.09m
6:11AM4.14m
6:28PM4.33m
Low Tide
10:04PM2.29m
10:53AM2.41m
11:44PM2.10m
12:19PM2.25m
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cloud
cloud
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cloud
cloud
cloud
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:22
6:24
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:05
8:01
7:59
 mm
6
6
1
1
Temp °C
13
13
12
12
12
11
12
16
17
17
18
14
14
13
14
15
14
12
11
Feels °C
6
9
9
9
8
6
8
12
13
12
13
7
7
7
8
8
8
4
3
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