Hornsea Surf Break

Lat Long: 53.90° N 0.15° W

Hornsea 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 17 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Hornsea sea temperature is
14.3°C
2.6° 

Hornsea surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Hornsea today (17 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (17 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 6s period with N swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 7s period with NNE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 7s period with NNE swell.

The current surf forecast for Hornsea at 4PM is: 1.9m 7s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.6m 13s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Oct)6ft (1.8m)6s
Afternoon (17 Oct)6ft (1.8m)7s
Evening (17 Oct)6ft (1.8m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Very mild (max 13°C on Sun night, min 10°C on Sat afternoon). Mainly fresh winds.

Sat
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
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
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2
N
6
2
N
7
1.9
NNE
7
1.8
NNE
7
1.7
NNE
7
1.8
NNE
7
1.7
NNE
7
1.7
NNE
7
1.6
NE
7
1.4
NE
6
1.7
NE
6
1.8
NE
6
2
NE
7
1.8
ENE
7
1.7
ENE
7
1.7
ENE
7
1.7
E
7
1.7
E
7
1.6
E
7
1.4
E
7
1.4
E
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
335
360
307
268
249
273
269
244
208
156
224
282
352
325
289
255
262
266
226
173
157
Wind (km/h)
35
N
35
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
25
NNE
30
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
NE
25
NNE
30
NE
30
NE
30
NE
25
ENE
15
E
20
ESE
20
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
30
ESE
25
ESE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
High Tide
8:54AM3.78m
9:05PM3.74m
9:54AM3.45m
10:10PM3.52m
11:24AM3.26m
Low Tide
3:05PM1.60m
3:37AM1.47m
3:58PM1.88m
4:46AM1.69m
5:12PM2.06m
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7:30
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7:31
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7:33
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6:00
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5:58
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5:54
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1
1
1
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Temp °C
11
11
11
10
10
11
11
11
12
12
12
11
12
13
13
12
13
13
13
13
13
Feels °C
3
3
4
3
4
4
5
5
6
5
5
4
6
9
10
9
9
9
9
7
8
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