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Hornsea surfForecast / North East England / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Tuesday 27 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: 1.3m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.8m 10s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 27). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Jan)4ft (1.2m)8s
Afternoon (28 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)8s
Evening (28 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
NE
0.8
NE
1.6
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
1.1
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1
NE
1.1
NE
0.9
NE
1.1
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
1.7
E
0.3
NNE
0.3
NNE
0.3
NNE
1
ENE
0.2
N
Period(s) (?)998888877777888888711101089
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)67972981981641351111081201531341111201409412894942822220191167
Wind
(km/h)
35
SE
20
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
5
S
10
ESE
10
SE
15
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
30
SE
25
SE
30
SE
30
SE
40
SE
35
SE
40
SE
40
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:49PM
4.03
11:41AM
3.80
12:15AM
3.98
12:59PM
3.90
1:38AM
4.11
2:09PM
4.15
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:28AM
1.26
6:04PM
1.46
6:53AM
1.30
7:29PM
1.23
8:08AM
1.15
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Sunrise----7:54-------7:52-------7:50---
Sunset------4:31-------4:34-------4:36-
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C665446665655555444455655
Feels °C (?)-2121133201-1-1-1-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-4-3-4-5
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