Horse Head Reef Surf Forecast

/ North East England (54 surf breaks) /

UK (471 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Horse Head Reef surfForecast / North East England / UK

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 BST

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

Today's Horse Head Reef sea temperature is 13.0° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Horse Head Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Horse Head Reef at 7AM is: 0.7m 5s primary swell from a North direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am September 16). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (BST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Sep)	3.5ft (1.0m)	8s
Afternoon (16 Sep)	3.5ft (1.1m)	8s
Evening (16 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	7s

Table - waves today at Horse Head Reef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Tuesday 16							Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Fri 19
	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	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	N	N	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE
Period(s) (?)	10	5	8	8	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	9
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	5	37	116	152	131	94	65	35	46	46	50	94	70	60	88	88	113	121	124	109	105	71	68	48
Wind (km/h)	NNW	WSW	W	W	W	W	W	W	WSW	SSE	SSE	S	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SSW	S	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				11:17AM 3.34				11:43PM 3.33				12:47PM 3.43				1:00AM 3.56					1:52PM 3.64
Low Tide / height (m)		4:46AM 1.30				5:46PM 1.64				6:32AM 1.18					7:12PM 1.48				7:45AM 0.88				8:09PM 1.23

	Tuesday 16							Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Fri 19
Sunrise	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-

Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	12	13	17	18	15	13	12	12	12	12	13	19	16	15	15	14	14	15	18	19	18	19	18
Feels °C (?)	9	9	7	10	12	10	9	8	10	10	7	9	16	11	11	12	11	11	12	14	14	14	15	15

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for North East England

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Horse Head Reef (light winds from the NW.(Wind varies from 300 to 010 degs) at Newcastle Airport 21 km from Horse Head Reef). 0.8m 5s windswell from the NNW with a 0.2m 7s swell from the NNE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 41 minutes ago Horse Head Reef

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21 km away, 1 h 41 min ago

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