Hornsea surf break

Hornsea surfForecast / North East England / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Friday 09 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 2AM is: 3.0m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 09). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)8ft (2.4m)9s
Afternoon (10 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)9s
Evening (10 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)8s

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

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Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
ENE
3
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.4
ENE
2.4
ENE
1.5
E
1.3
NE
1.2
NE
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.6
E
0.4
NE
0.3
NE
0.1
NE
2.5
SE
1.9
SE
1.5
SE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.8
S
Period(s) (?)101010999998877777778887666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2239179113101014893356249215146113877134137200000000
Wind
(km/h)
35
NE
30
NE
25
NE
20
NE
15
ENE
10
E
10
SE
15
S
25
S
30
S
30
S
35
S
40
SSE
50
SSE
50
S
50
S
50
S
40
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
35
SW
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:33PM
4.44
9:21AM
3.89
9:23PM
4.13
10:13AM
3.70
10:21PM
3.84
11:12AM
3.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:04AM
0.80
3:13PM
1.47
3:52AM
1.14
4:06PM
1.68
4:47AM
1.43
5:12PM
1.80
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Sunrise----8:15-------8:14-------8:12---
Sunset------4:00-------4:01-------4:04-
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
--111----------111------
Temp. °C43434443211112457109999109
Feels °C (?)-5-5-3-3-100-2-5-7-8-8-9-10-7-6-42222133
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