The Cove surfForecast / Scot – North Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Monday 15 Sep 2025 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
13.9° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at The Cove today?

The current surf forecast for The Cove at 11PM is: 0.6m 14s primary swell from a West direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a North direction, 1.0m 5s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Sep)--
Afternoon (15 Sep)5ft (1.5m)6s
Evening (15 Sep)2ft (0.6m)14s

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

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Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
0
1
2
2
1
3
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
NE
1.2
NNE
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
2.3
WNW
2.4
NW
2.2
NW
2.2
NW
2.2
NNW
2.2
NNW
2.2
NNW
2.1
N
1.9
N
1.6
N
1.4
N
1.3
N
1.1
N
1
N
1
W
3
W
3
W
3.5
W
4
W
Period(s) (?)65141414677789999999991616151513
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)2211472432593193806305626567918978859097415174163372352069064093462556755865
Wind
(km/h)
30
NNE
25
N
25
NNW
30
NW
35
WNW
45
WNW
40
WNW
35
NW
35
WNW
30
NNW
20
NNW
10
N
10
ENE
20
ESE
30
ESE
35
SE
30
SSE
20
S
20
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
40
SSW
45
SSW
55
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:26PM
4.05
4:35AM
3.98
5:03PM
4.05
6:17AM
4.09
6:25PM
4.25
7:27AM
4.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:59PM
2.25
10:47AM
2.51
11:40PM
2.10
12:16PM
2.40
12:52AM
1.80
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Sunrise-----6:43-------6:46-------6:48--
Sunset-7:36-------7:32-------7:30------
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
11----11-1--------------
Temp. °C131312121213131313131212121113121414141414141415
Feels °C (?)787655666881097758111087654
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Scot - North Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Wind reports 38 km away suggest it is still onshore at The Cove (moderate winds from the NNW at Wick Airport). 1.1m 6s windswell from the N with a 0.5m 8s swell from the WNW and a 0.4m 10s swell from the W. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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38 km away, 1 h 8 min ago

20 km/h
NNW
0.0
13.9
Air / Water (°C)
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