The Cove surfForecast / Scot – North Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Tuesday 06 Jan 2026 GMT
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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
9.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at The Cove today?

The current surf forecast for The Cove at 3AM is: 0.7m 9s primary swell from a North direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 06). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)5ft (1.5m)8s
Afternoon (07 Jan)4ft (1.2m)8s
Evening (07 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
0
2
2
2
1
1
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
N
0.9
WNW
0.7
N
1
NNW
1.5
NNW
1.4
NNW
1.2
NNW
1
N
0.8
W
1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
1.2
W
1.1
WNW
1.5
W
1.9
W
1.8
W
2.1
W
2
W
2
W
1.9
W
1.8
W
Period(s) (?)97988881011111110101512141112121313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10186761503212501681881572352231671252724114655069888871537135512331062925
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
40
E
30
E
20
SE
15
SE
20
SE
20
SSE
20
S
15
NW
5
E
10
S
15
S
20
S
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
15
SSW
15
S
15
S
15
S
10
SSE
15
SE
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
on
glassoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:05PM
4.72
11:03AM
5.07
11:51PM
4.54
11:47AM
4.89
12:37AM
4.33
12:32PM
4.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:50AM
1.68
5:25PM
1.17
5:32AM
1.87
6:11PM
1.42
6:16AM
2.08
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sunrise-----9:00-------9:00------8:59---
Sunset------3:40-------3:41-------3:42-
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
cloud
cloud
light snow
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
122-1-------------------
Temp. °C332323321110133321112333
Feels °C (?)-1-6-6-3-4-3-3-4-4-2-3-5-5-4-3-3-4-4-4-4-3-1-2-4
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