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Horse Head Reef surfForecast / North East England / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Monday 16 Feb 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
6.9° 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: 0.5m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 11:00am February 16). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Feb)2ft (0.6m)7s
Afternoon (16 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)6s
Evening (16 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)6s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.4
E
0.6
E
1.4
N
1.9
N
2.2
N
3
N
3
NNE
3.5
NNE
3.5
NNE
3
NNE
2.5
NNE
2
NNE
1.8
NNE
1.4
NNE
1.1
NNE
1.1
NNE
1
NNE
1.5
E
1.7
E
1.9
E
2.1
E
2.1
E
Period(s) (?)776867799111211101010910121166677
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)33251246121351439116014872578393622411244794625314281343263158211282400448
Wind
(km/h)
25
W
25
W
20
NW
35
NNW
30
NNW
30
WNW
45
NW
45
NNW
40
NNW
35
NNW
30
N
20
N
15
N
15
NE
15
ENE
25
E
25
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
E
30
E
35
E
30
E
25
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		onononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:40PM
4.13
3:08AM
3.99
3:13PM
4.39
3:42AM
4.17
3:45PM
4.58
4:15AM
4.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:39AM
0.92
9:04PM
0.46
9:12AM
0.71
9:37PM
0.20
9:45AM
0.56
10:10PM
0.02
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Sunrise7:26-------7:24-------7:22-------
Sunset--5:13-------5:15-------5:16-----
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part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C577442232444444445444444
Feels °C (?)-211-4-4-6-9-8-9-6-5-3-2-2-2-3-3-3-4-4-5-5-4-4
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