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Hornsea surfForecast / North East England / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Tuesday 20 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
6.2° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Hornsea today?

The current surf forecast for Hornsea at 10PM is: 0.1m 7s primary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 20). An open ocean swell of 1.8m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jan)--
Afternoon (20 Jan)5ft (1.5m)6s
Evening (20 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SE
0.1
NE
0.1
NE
0.1
NE
0.1
NE
0.1
NE
0.2
NNE
1.7
ESE
0.3
NE
0.4
NE
0.6
NE
0.8
NE
1.1
NE
1.2
NE
1.4
NE
1.3
NE
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
3
E
2.4
E
2.1
E
2.3
E
2.5
E
Period(s) (?)6777766678891010101088898988
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)14822222421692544992002733843558709489901225817660751916
Wind
(km/h)
35
SSE
35
SE
40
SSE
35
SE
40
SE
35
S
30
SSE
35
ESE
40
SE
40
SE
40
SE
40
SE
35
SE
35
SE
40
ESE
40
ESE
40
ESE
45
SE
35
SE
20
S
20
SE
30
ESE
35
ESE
45
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		crosscross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:27PM
4.86
5:56AM
4.48
5:59PM
4.94
6:31AM
4.49
6:33PM
4.95
7:07AM
4.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:54PM
0.26
12:01PM
0.68
12:30AM
0.19
12:37PM
0.71
1:06AM
0.20
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sunrise------8:03-------8:03-------8:00-
Sunset4:16-------4:19-------4:21-------
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C978776668877776667765666
Feels °C (?)1-1-1-1-2-2-1-2-1-1-2-2-1-1-3-3-3-3-110-1-2-4
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