Surf Break

Lat Long: 58.62° N 3.65° W

The Cove 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 am 03 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Cove sea temperature is
11.9°C
0.9° 

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 (03 Nov):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (03 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 9s period with W swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 18s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 16s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Cove at 3PM is: 0.7m 18s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 1.0m 9s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 11:00am November 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)9s
Afternoon (03 Nov)2.5ft (0.7m)18s
Evening (03 Nov)4.5ft (1.3m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 10°C on Tue morning, min 8°C on Wed morning). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
3
Wednesday
4
Thursday
5
Fri
6
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
W
9
1
W
9
0.7
WNW
18
1.1
WNW
16
1.3
WNW
16
1.3
W
15
1.7
W
15
1.7
W
14
1.7
W
15
1.6
W
14
1.6
W
14
1.5
W
14
1.5
W
13
1.4
W
13
1.3
W
12
1.3
W
12
1.1
W
12
1.1
W
11
1
W
11
1
W
11
0.9
WNW
10
0.9
WNW
10
0.8
W
10
0.8
W
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
169
169
329
677
893
794
1241
1208
1258
971
1072
868
782
673
488
480
341
302
242
238
180
167
127
127
Wind (km/h)
5
E
5
ESE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
10
S
5
SSW
5
SSE
5
SE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
20
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
Wind State
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
High Tide
3:35PM4.27m
4:53AM4.25m
4:47PM4.43m
5:50AM4.44m
5:45PM4.62m
Low Tide
9:27AM2.53m
10:14PM1.79m
10:44AM2.36m
11:19PM1.58m
11:41AM2.11m
00:09AM1.40m
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Temp °C
10
10
10
10
10
10
9
9
8
8
9
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
9
Feels °C
9
9
8
8
8
8
7
7
6
6
7
5
5
5
5
5
5
3
4
4
4
4
4
5
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