Hornsea surf break

Hornsea surfForecast / North East England / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 29 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
6.4° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Hornsea today?

The current surf forecast for Hornsea at 4PM is: 1.5m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Jan)4ft (1.2m)7s
Afternoon (29 Jan)5ft (1.5m)8s
Evening (29 Jan)5ft (1.6m)7s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.5
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.6
E
1.4
ENE
1.7
E
1.7
E
2.1
E
2.3
E
2.4
E
2.5
E
2.4
E
2.3
E
2.4
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.5
ENE
2.4
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.5
E
1.1
NE
1
NE
0.9
NE
Period(s) (?)778877877778888888888999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)138152234266285220323262461512603690670664724789845792713461258183162138
Wind
(km/h)
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
30
SE
30
SE
35
ESE
40
ESE
40
ESE
45
ESE
40
ESE
30
ESE
30
SE
35
ESE
40
E
35
ESE
40
E
35
ESE
15
SE
25
S
25
S
25
S
20
S
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:59PM
3.90
1:38AM
4.11
2:09PM
4.15
2:47AM
4.35
3:06PM
4.49
3:44AM
4.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:53AM
1.30
7:29PM
1.23
8:08AM
1.15
8:39PM
0.85
9:08AM
0.92
9:36PM
0.44
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Sunrise7:52-------7:50-------7:48-------
Sunset--4:34-------4:36-------4:37-----
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cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------1-11------
Temp. °C444444445556766767766755
Feels °C (?)-2-2-3-3-4-4-4-5-5-5-4-10-2-3-1-3-1300200
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