Western Head Reef Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(Canada – South Coast)

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Western Head Reef Spot ID:

Type: reef

Reliability: fairly consistent

Best: Swell NE | Wind NNE

Sea Temperature Today is: 7.1 °C

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Saturday, 18 May 2013, 11:01 Local time

m, °C	Fri		Sat
ft, °F	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM
Wave (m)	N	ESE	ESE	SE
Period (s)	2	9	9	9
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off

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Western Head Reef on the South Coast is a sheltered reef break that has quite reliable surf and can work at any time of the year. Offshore winds blow from the north northeast with some shelter here from north winds. Most of the surf here comes from groundswells and the ideal swell angle is from the northeast. A left hand reef. Relatively few surfers here, even on good days. Take care of rocks in the line up.

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Nova-Scotia wave energy surf 12 hr forecast

Forecast Wave Energy (Power): 12hrs

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For Liverpool Bay, Nova Scotia, 5 miles from Western Head Reef.

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Western Head Reef Tide Times and Tide Chart

Live Weather:

At Western Head, 2 km from Western Head Reef.

moderate winds from the NNW

km/h

Air temperature
7.4 °C

Current weather near Western Head Reef

Buoy Data:

At Halifax Harbour Buoy, 73 miles from Western Head Reef.

	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM
Data Age	4 hr	3 hr	2 hr	1 hr
Wave height (m)
Dominant period (s)	11	10	10	9

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Overall Western Head Reef Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in May

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Western Head Reef: (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Western Head Point	1 mi
Second closest break	Scotts Bay	2 mi
Third closest break	White Point Beach	4 mi
Fourth closest break	Summerville	9 mi
Fifth closest break	Cherry Hill	14 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Western Head Reef:
Closest wave buoy	Halifax Harbour Buoy	73 mi
Second closest wave buoy	La Have Bank Buoy	108 mi
Third closest wave buoy	Northeast Channel Buoy	132 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	Jordan Basin Buoy	164 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	East Maine Shelf Buoy	171 mi
Tide stations nearest to Western Head Reef:
Closest tide station	Liverpool Bay	3 mi
Second closest tide station	Liverpool	5 mi
Third closest tide station	Port Mouton	9 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Riverport, La Have River	27 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Bridgewater, La Have River	29 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Western Head Reef:
Closest ski area	Ski Martock (Canada)	70 mi
Second closest ski area	Ski Wentworth (Canada)	131 mi
Third closest ski area	Mount Jefferson (United States)	177 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Crabbe Mountain (Canada)	185 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Bigrock Ski Area (United States)	190 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Western Head Reef:
Closest city location	Halifax (Canada)	70 mi
Second closest city location	Saint John (Canada)	114 mi
Third closest city location	Moncton (Canada)	144 mi
Fourth closest city location	Fredericton (Canada)	167 mi
Fifth closest city location	Charlottetown (Canada)	172 mi

The closest passenger airport to Western Head Reef is Greenwood Airport (YZX) in Canada, 113 km (70 miles) away (directly).
The second nearest airport to Western Head Reef is Shearwater (Halifax) Airport (YAW), also in Canada, 119 km (74 miles) away.
Third is Halifax International Airport (YHZ) in Canada, 136 km (84 miles) away.
Saint John (St. John) Airport (YSJ) in Canada is 176 km (109 miles) away.
Greater Moncton International Airport (YQM), also in Canada is the fifth nearest airport to Western Head Reef and is 236 km (147 miles) away.

Western Head Reef break location map and break info

This is the Surf-Forecast page for Western Head Reef, South Coast. Use the tab navigation above to view Western Head Reef sea temperature, Western Head Reef photographs, Western Head Reef detailed swell predictions, wind and weather forecasts, Western Head Reef webcams, current wind from South Coast live weather stations and Western Head Reef tide predictions. The Canada swell maps link will open up the big picture showing Canada and the surrounding seas. These swell maps can be animated to show the different swell components, wave energy, wave period, wave heights, together with wind and weather forecasts, current weather and sea state observations from Canada wave-buoys, passing ships and coastal weather stations. Each of the forecast pages for this surf break feature a global and regional wavefinder tool to locate the best surf conditions in the area around Western Head Reef.

Western Head Reef Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(Canada – South Coast)

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Overall Western Head Reef Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in May

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