Hornsea surf break

Hornsea surfForecast / North East England / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Tuesday 13 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
6.0° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Hornsea today?

The current surf forecast for Hornsea at 5AM is: 0.4m 6s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.1m 7s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 13). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)6s
Afternoon (14 Jan)1ft (0.3m)6s
Evening (14 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)6s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.4
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.3
NNW
0.3
NNW
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
1
SE
Period(s) (?)1413666666612111111101010131212111110105
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)431212127733111092222333222254
Wind
(km/h)
20
W
20
W
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
20
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
25
SSW
30
SW
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSE
10
NNE
20
N
35
NNW
20
W
20
SW
20
S
25
S
20
S
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:39AM
3.62
1:18PM
3.62
1:45AM
3.70
2:14PM
3.78
2:40AM
3.86
3:01PM
4.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:28PM
1.80
7:07AM
1.64
7:39PM
1.65
8:09AM
1.53
8:36PM
1.42
8:58AM
1.34
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sunrise----8:11-------8:11-------8:10---
Sunset------4:07-------4:07-------4:09-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
---------------288---1--
Temp. °C443334444556566664433576
Feels °C (?)-2-2-3-3-2-1-2-3-3-1-2-1-12231-5-2-3-3-121
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