The Cove surfForecast / Scot – North Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Thursday 09 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 9PM is: 3.5m 14s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm April 09). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)11s
Afternoon (09 Apr)8ft (2.5m)14s
Evening (09 Apr)11ft (3.5m)14s

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


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
3
4
0
4
5
7
6
6
3
2
0
0
1
1
3
4
4
2
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
W
2.2
W
3
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
4
W
4
WNW
4
WNW
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.1
WNW
2
WNW
1.9
W
2.5
W
2.3
W
1.8
W
1.6
W
1.2
W
1.4
W
Period(s) (?)111214141415151515151515141414131316181615131315
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)92214483408459257476034573777387716688062245250437430352158153513391932375927221453888459835
Wind
(km/h)
25
WSW
25
WSW
30
W
25
WSW
30
WSW
35
WNW
35
W
25
W
25
WSW
10
W
25
ESE
40
SE
45
SE
50
SE
50
SE
45
SSE
40
SE
30
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
35
SSE
40
SE
40
SE
40
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:00PM
3.77
2:17AM
3.90
3:31PM
3.65
3:47AM
3.82
5:08PM
3.73
5:14AM
3.93
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:41AM
2.33
7:54PM
2.63
8:54AM
2.50
9:22PM
2.80
10:37AM
2.48
11:12PM
2.73
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Sunrise-------6:16-------6:13-------6:11
Sunset---8:13-------8:15-------8:17----
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
11---11-------14--------
Temp. °C888757656776555567886666
Feels °C (?)2200-2-2-2-3-120-4-6-7-6-5-3-112-2-4-3-3
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