Surf Break

Lat Long: 58.62° N 3.65° W

The Cove 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 10 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's The Cove sea temperature is
12.9°C
1.1° 

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 (10 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Oct, local time) - 13ft (4.0m), 13s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Oct, local time) - 13ft (4.0m), 13s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Cove at 11PM is: 3.5m 13s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Oct)--
Afternoon (10 Oct)13ft (4.0m)13s
Evening (10 Oct)13ft (4.0m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Very mild (max 15°C on Mon night, min 8°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WNW on Sat afternoon, light winds from the E by Sun afternoon).

Sat
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
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)
0
0
2
2
1
2
2
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
4
WNW
13
4
WNW
13
4
WNW
13
3.5
WNW
12
3
WNW
12
2.5
WNW
11
2.2
WNW
11
2
WNW
10
1.8
WNW
10
1.6
WNW
10
1.4
WNW
10
1.2
WNW
10
1.1
W
10
0.9
WNW
10
0.8
W
10
0.7
W
10
0.6
W
9
0.4
W
9
0.3
W
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
5743
5391
4793
3413
2517
1635
1121
810
616
473
370
282
235
157
117
88
60
26
26
Wind (km/h)
35
WNW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
20
W
15
NNW
10
NNE
10
E
20
SE
20
SE
20
SSE
25
SE
25
SSE
15
S
15
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
9:14PM5.17m
9:43AM4.96m
9:49PM5.13m
10:13AM4.92m
Low Tide
3:06PM1.38m
3:29AM0.99m
3:41PM1.32m
4:02AM1.10m
4:15PM1.34m
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
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7:41
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6:23
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6:21
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6:17
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 mm
2
2
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Temp °C
10
10
10
9
9
9
10
11
11
10
9
9
8
8
9
11
12
12
14
Feels °C
3
5
6
5
5
5
5
7
8
7
5
5
3
2
4
7
8
7
9
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