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Western Head Point ratings
Quality on a good day: 3.0
Consistency of surf: 3.0
Difficulty level: 4.0
Crowds: 4.0

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Western Head Point Surf Forecast / Canada – South Coast / Canada

48hr Weather and Surf Issued (local time): 19 pm Wednesday 15 Feb 2012

Western Head Point surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

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Largest waves (m) & direction (?) 0.3
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Period (s) (?) 9 9 8 6 6 7 8 7 7 7 7 11 11 10 10 10 10 10
Surfscale
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Max-energy 12 12 11 6 10 38 44 57 55 41 37 38 79 76 75 75 75 75
Wind
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5
WNW 10
NE 10
NE 10
NNE 15
NNE 15
NNE 10
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NNW 5
N 10
NNE 5
ENE 5
SSE 5
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Wind State (?) glass off off off off off off cross-
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Key to wind character - offshore winds at Western Head Point blow from the NNE
onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy
Tide State (?) high ebb low flow high ebb low flow high ebb low flow high ebb low flow flow high
High Tide
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2:14PM
1.34



2:40AM
1.54



3:40PM
1.32



3:59AM
1.53




5:02PM
1.39
Low Tide
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9:00PM
0.43



9:52AM
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10:09PM
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10:56AM
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Note: the tide data above is for Liverpool Bay, Nova Scotia which is 5 km away. Surf properties and timing are calculated for Western Head Point. New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph.

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Today's Western Head Point sea temperature is 2.4 °C (Statistics for 15 Feb 1981-2005 - mean: 2.0 max: 3.6 min: 0.9 °C)

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Summary some clouds some clouds some clouds some clouds clear clear clear clear some clouds some clouds clear some clouds some clouds some clouds some clouds some clouds cloudy light rain
Rain (mm) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2
Temp. °C 6 6 4 3 2 1 2 4 4 3 1 2 2 2 4 5 5 5
Chill °C (?) 6 4 1 0 -2 -3 -1 2 3 0 1 2 0 -1 0 1 1 0
Sunrise - - - - - 7:16 - - - - - - - 7:15 - - - -
Sunset - - - - - - - 17:49 - - - - - - - 17:50 - -
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