Hornsea surf break

Hornsea surfForecast / North East England / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Monday 26 Jan 2026 GMT
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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
6.5° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Hornsea today?

The current surf forecast for Hornsea at 6AM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 26). An open ocean swell of 2.5m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Jan)--
Afternoon (27 Jan)--
Evening (27 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)8s

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

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Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
ENE
1.8
E
2.1
E
0.6
NE
3
ESE
3
ESE
3
ESE
0.7
NE
2
E
1.7
E
1.5
E
1.3
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
0.8
NE
1
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1
NE
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.7
ENE
Period(s) (?)776878898888888987788888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1632773504500076513364277212146117114101114152143132232238283327
Wind
(km/h)
30
SE
40
SE
45
ESE
55
ESE
60
ESE
55
ESE
50
SE
35
SE
25
SSE
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
SSE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
25
ESE
20
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
SE
25
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglasscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:36PM
4.24
10:25AM
3.87
10:49PM
4.03
11:41AM
3.80
12:15AM
3.98
12:59PM
3.90
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:13AM
1.04
4:39PM
1.45
5:28AM
1.26
6:04PM
1.46
6:53AM
1.30
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Sunrise----7:56-------7:54-------7:52---
Sunset------4:30-------4:31-------4:34-
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
---13355----------------
Temp. °C455444456544456555545555
Feels °C (?)-4-4-5-8-9-8-7-400-1022321-1-1-2-1-2-2-2
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