Hornsea surf break

Hornsea surfForecast / North East England / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Tuesday 27 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
6.5° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Hornsea today?

The current surf forecast for Hornsea at 6PM is: 0.6m 9s primary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 27). An open ocean swell of 2.5m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Jan)--
Afternoon (27 Jan)--
Evening (27 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)9s

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

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Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
ESE
3.5
ESE
3
ESE
0.6
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
1.4
E
1.2
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1
E
1.5
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.1
NE
1.5
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.5
ENE
1
NE
1
NE
1.3
E
Period(s) (?)788999888877767778788887
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)000627878233176119111888812791106228225135237256256129132162
Wind
(km/h)
60
ESE
55
ESE
50
SE
40
SE
30
SSE
20
S
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
NE
5
SE
10
ESE
10
SE
15
ESE
25
ESE
20
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
30
SE
30
SE
35
SE
35
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglasscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:25AM
3.87
10:49PM
4.03
11:41AM
3.80
12:15AM
3.98
12:59PM
3.90
1:38AM
4.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:39PM
1.45
5:28AM
1.26
6:04PM
1.46
6:53AM
1.30
7:29PM
1.23
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Sunrise7:56-------7:54-------7:52-------
Sunset--4:30-------4:31-------4:34-----
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
3861--------------------
Temp. °C445665544665665554544455
Feels °C (?)-9-9-6-3-1-110143232-1-1-1-3-2-3-3-4-3-4
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