Hornsea surf break

Hornsea surfForecast / North East England / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 BST
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Hornsea surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Hornsea sea temperature is
15.9° C
(Which is 1.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Hornsea today?

The current surf forecast for Hornsea at 11AM is: 0.9m 4s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00am September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Sep)3ft (0.9m)4s
Afternoon (16 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)8s
Evening (16 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)8s

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

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Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Fri
19
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
NW
0.2
N
0.9
NW
0.7
N
1
N
1
N
1
N
0.9
N
0.8
N
0.8
N
0.8
N
0.7
N
0.7
N
0.7
N
0.7
N
0.7
N
0.7
N
0.8
N
0.8
N
0.7
N
0.7
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
Period(s) (?)61046888778888891099999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)12103761130127114886772826361658387871101088181606163
Wind
(km/h)
40
WSW
35
W
30
WNW
35
W
35
W
30
W
25
W
20
WSW
15
SW
15
SSW
30
S
25
SSW
20
SW
25
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
20
SSW
35
SW
35
SW
35
SW
30
SW
25
SSW
25
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:34PM
3.70
1:01AM
3.68
2:08PM
3.78
2:21AM
3.92
3:15PM
4.02
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:01AM
1.40
6:55PM
1.77
7:41AM
1.31
8:22PM
1.63
8:56AM
1.00
9:22PM
1.36
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Fri
19
Sunrise-6:33-------6:35-------6:37------
Sunset-----7:15-------7:13-------7:09--
part cloud
light rain
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-1-------121-----1------
Temp. °C141414171615131212111214181816161617182122201918
Feels °C (?)6789998888710151413141415131517161515
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for North East England

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at Hornsea (light winds from the W at Leconfield Airport 18 km from Hornsea). 1.0m 6s windswell from the NW with a 0.2m 10s swell from the N. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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19 km/h
W
0.0
15.9
Air / Water (°C)
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