The Cove Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right then, let's have a look at what's on the table for The Cove over the next couple of weeks. It's a mixed bag, to be honest, so don't go getting your hopes up too high just yet.

The best bet in the whole run looks like Saturday the 4th of July. We've got a solid 6ft swell rolling in from the west with a decent 10-second period, pushing some moderate energy through. The wind is coming from the SSW at 12 mph, which is a cross-off breeze, so it should keep things fairly clean. The water's sitting at 54°F, which is pretty much spot on for this time of year. The Cove is a reef setup, exposed to the west, so this is when it'll be working its magic. Crowds can show up here sometimes, so be prepared to share it. It's not perfect – there's some light rain – but it's the pick of the litter. Anything over 5ft is a bit punchy, so this one's for the intermediates and up.

Saturday afternoon takes a turn for the worse as the wind swings to the west and cranks up to 22 mph, making a mess of things. The swell hangs in at around 7ft, but with that wind it's a write-off.

Sunday the 5th sees the swell drop back to 4ft from the WNW, with a 9-second period. The morning has a light westerly cross-breeze at 6 mph, which is okay, but the conditions are nothing to write home about.

Monday the 6th is a write-off. The morning has tiny 2ft surf, and the afternoon sees the swell jump up to 7ft, but with a howling WSW wind at 28 mph, that's a hard pass. With that much wind and a beach-break setup, you'd be better off with a kite than a paddle.

Tuesday the 7th, the morning is still average with 6ft swell and a cross breeze. The afternoon shows some promise with 6ft from the west, but the period has dropped to a short 6 seconds, so it'll be lumpy and weak, despite the wind easing to a cross-off.

Wednesday the 8th through to the rest of the run is mostly small and sloppy. We see periods of glassy conditions on Thursday the 9th morning, and again on Sunday the 12th morning, but the swell is only around 3ft, so it's just small and ordinary. There's a real gap in quality from the 8th all the way through to the end of the forecast, with only small, weak swells and poor conditions. Nothing else really stands out. It's a real shame, because that Saturday window had some punch.

Rusty.

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