The Cove surfForecast / Scot – North Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 03 Apr 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
7.5° 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 12AM is: 3.5m 13s primary swell from a West direction and 0.8m 10s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm April 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Apr)8ft (2.5m)15s
Afternoon (04 Apr)10ft (3.0m)14s
Evening (04 Apr)8ft (2.5m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
4
4
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
2
3
3
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
W
2.5
W
3
W
3.5
W
3.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
4
NW
5
NW
4
WNW
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
4
WNW
5.5
WNW
5.5
WNW
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
2.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)131313131315151414141413813813138101111111011
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)277525763150409340433080288039893076272324096270340154462394409935012164672773234142261916181347
Wind
(km/h)
35
W
35
W
40
W
40
W
40
W
30
WSW
30
WSW
15
SW
15
SE
35
ESE
55
NE
65
NNW
70
NW
55
WNW
45
WNW
40
W
45
W
45
W
60
W
50
WNW
35
W
25
W
20
WSW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:32PM
4.86
10:40AM
4.97
10:59PM
4.79
11:11AM
4.77
11:27PM
4.67
11:42AM
4.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:22PM
1.16
4:34AM
1.39
4:52PM
1.33
5:06AM
1.49
5:22PM
1.55
5:39AM
1.65
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Sunrise-----6:33-------6:31-------6:28--
Sunset-7:59-------8:00-------8:04------
light rain
part cloud
clear
part cloud
rain showers
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
mod snow
mod rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
cloud
rain showers
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
1---1-------611-111--1--
Temp. °C655443565222345555566467
Feels °C (?)-3-4-5-7-6-6-30-1-6-11-13-12-9-6-5-6-7-9-5-3-302
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