Horse Head Reef surfForecast / North East England / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Friday 20 Mar 2026 GMT
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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
7.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Horse Head Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Horse Head Reef at 5PM is: 0.2m 11s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am March 20). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)12s
Afternoon (20 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)11s
Evening (20 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
NNE
0.2
NNE
0.2
NNE
0.2
NNE
0.2
N
0.2
NNE
0.2
NNE
0.2
NNE
0.2
NNE
0.2
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
NE
0.2
NNE
0.2
NNE
Period(s) (?)121211111110101212111111181818181716161518192019
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1111121111108141412129776665556143737
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
10
S
10
S
10
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
NW
10
SSE
10
S
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
15
WSW
20
W
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
W
20
W
20
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offglasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:52PM
4.80
4:20AM
4.55
4:30PM
4.79
4:57AM
4.48
5:12PM
4.65
5:36AM
4.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:52AM
0.30
10:16PM
-0.15
10:28AM
0.24
10:52PM
-0.04
11:05AM
0.28
11:32PM
0.21
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise6:09-------6:07-------6:03-------
Sunset---6:17-------6:20-------6:22----
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C81214131110999131313129889101197544
Feels °C (?)49111187656111010965455641-1-2-2
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