Hornsea surf break

Hornsea surfForecast / North East England / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Wednesday 07 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 slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Hornsea today?

The current surf forecast for Hornsea at 7PM is: 1.4m 7s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.9m 10s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)3ft (0.9m)6s
Afternoon (07 Jan)5ft (1.5m)7s
Evening (07 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)10s

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

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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
NW
1.2
NNW
1.5
NNW
0.9
NNE
1.1
NNE
1.5
N
1.6
NNE
1.5
NNE
1.4
NNE
1.3
NNE
1.3
NNE
1.1
NE
0.9
NNE
1.7
ENE
2.3
ENE
2.5
NE
2.5
NE
2.4
NNE
3
NE
2.5
NNE
3
NE
3
NE
3
NE
3
NE
Period(s) (?)667111099999888567788910101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)64113236197231372366377318261217151112149418600735645105310341672174216651411
Wind
(km/h)
25
W
35
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
W
10
W
5
SW
10
SE
20
ESE
30
E
40
ENE
40
NE
45
NNE
40
NNE
40
N
35
N
40
N
40
N
30
N
30
N
30
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:01AM
4.59
7:02PM
4.97
7:47AM
4.36
7:47PM
4.74
8:33AM
4.12
8:33PM
4.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:02PM
0.77
1:35AM
0.15
1:44PM
0.99
2:19AM
0.45
2:27PM
1.24
3:04AM
0.80
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise8:15-------8:15-------8:15-------
Sunset--3:56-------3:57-------3:59-----
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
-------------3454221-111
Temp. °C344332211234444444333333
Feels °C (?)-4-4-5-5-4-4-3-4-3-2-1-2-4-5-6-6-5-5-6-6-6-5-5-4
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