Surf Break

Lat Long: 58.62° N 3.65° W

The Cove 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 27 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's The Cove sea temperature is
13.2°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 (27 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (27 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 10s period with W swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 10s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Sep, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 11s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for The Cove at 2PM is: 1.5m 10s primary swell from a West direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am September 27). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Sep)5ft (1.6m)10s
Afternoon (27 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)10s
Evening (27 Sep)6ft (1.8m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Very mild (max 15°C on Sun morning, min 9°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSE on Mon afternoon, strong winds from the SE by Tue night).

Sunday
27
Monday
28
Tuesday
29
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
1
2
2
3
4
4
3
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.9
W
10
1.8
W
10
1.6
W
10
1.5
W
10
1.4
W
11
1.6
W
11
1.8
W
11
2
W
11
1.3
W
11
2.1
W
11
2.2
W
11
2
W
12
2.1
W
11
2.1
W
11
2
W
11
1.8
W
10
1.7
W
10
1.5
W
10
1.3
W
11
1.2
W
10
1
W
10
0.8
W
10
0.6
W
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
800
682
524
468
432
564
778
969
403
1075
1234
1058
1046
1011
890
709
609
495
381
290
194
121
68
Wind (km/h)
20
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
40
SSE
35
SSE
25
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
SW
25
SW
30
SW
25
SW
15
SW
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
20
SE
25
SSE
35
SSE
35
SE
40
SE
45
SE
40
SE
Wind State
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
9:40AM4.98m
9:45PM5.19m
10:11AM5.02m
10:19PM5.20m
10:44AM4.99m
Low Tide
3:32AM1.05m
3:44PM1.29m
4:06AM0.99m
4:18PM1.25m
4:40AM1.03m
4:55PM1.29m
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clear
clear
clear
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6:58
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1
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3
1
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Temp °C
13
14
15
13
13
10
10
10
9
10
12
13
15
13
12
12
11
10
12
12
13
11
11
Feels °C
9
8
8
6
7
4
3
4
3
4
5
7
11
10
8
8
7
5
5
5
6
2
3
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