- Forecast
- Maps
- Live
- Weather State
- Spot Information
Surf Forecasts:
Hornsea surfForecast / North East England / UK
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 05 May 2026 BSTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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
10.5° C
(Which is 2.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Hornsea today?
The current surf forecast for Hornsea at 10AM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am May 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (05 May) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 8s |
| Afternoon (05 May) | 3ft (0.9m) | 4s |
| Evening (05 May) | 4ft (1.2m) | 5s |
Table - waves today at Hornsea. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Very mild (max 11°C on Tue morning, min 6°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NNE on Tue night, light winds from the S by Wed night). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 5 | Wednesday 6 | Thursday 7 | Fri 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||
4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | |
Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
NNE 8 | NNE 8 | NNE 8 | N 7 | N 4 | N 5 | N 6 | N 7 | NNE 7 | NNE 7 | NNE 6 | N 6 | ENE 6 | N 9 | N 9 | N 9 | N 9 | N 9 | N 9 | N 9 | N 9 | N 11 | N 10 | N 10 | |
21 | 19 | 19 | 28 | 28 | 55 | 100 | 208 | 247 | 223 | 209 | 104 | 60 | 60 | 81 | 80 | 58 | 40 | 39 | 39 | 25 | 57 | 53 | 51 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on | on | on | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | |
High Tide | 7:01AM4.44m | 7:27PM4.30m | 7:36AM4.27m | 8:05PM4.04m | 8:14AM4.09m | 8:49PM3.76m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 1:06AM0.84m | 1:24PM0.71m | 1:41AM1.05m | 2:03PM0.90m | 2:17AM1.28m | 2:45PM1.12m | ||||||||||||||||||
 |  | | |  | |  | | | | | | | | |  | |  | | | | | | | |
 | 5:16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:11 |
 | — | — | — | — | — | 8:37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:39 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:40 | — | 8:43 |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Temp °C | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
9 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NNE 8 | NNE 8 | NNE 8 | N 7 | — | — | N 10 | — | — | — | N 10 | N 6 | N 6 | N 9 | N 9 | E 5 | E 5 | E 5 | E 5 | N 9 | N 9 | N 11 | N 10 | N 10 |
 kJ | 21 | 19 | 19 | 28 | — | — | 16 | — | — | — | 28 | 104 | 36 | 60 | 81 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 18 | 39 | 25 | 57 | 53 | 51 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | N 10 | N 9 | N 6 | — | N 9 | N 9 | N 9 | N 9 | N 9 | N 11 | — | — | — |
| kJ | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 45 | 43 | 23 | — | 80 | 58 | 40 | 39 | 39 | 10 | — | — | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | N 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | NNW 3 | — | N 4 | N 5 | N 6 | N 7 | NNE 7 | NNE 7 | NNE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 5 | — | — | — | — | E 5 | ESE 5 | ESE 4 | ESE 4 | ESE 4 |
| kJ | — | — | 2 | — | 28 | 55 | 100 | 208 | 247 | 223 | 209 | 77 | 60 | 40 | 37 | — | — | — | — | 18 | 23 | 17 | 20 | 16 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 23 | 443 | 553 | 508 | 64 | 595 | 595 | 401 | 397 | 397 | 398 | 398 | 432 | 439 | 437 | 71 | 71 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 494 | 84 | 429 | 310 |
Best forecast wave conditions in North East England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Hornsea surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest