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Horse Head Reef surfForecast / North East England / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 13 Jan 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
7.8° 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 11AM is: 0.2m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 13). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)3ft (0.9m)6s
Afternoon (13 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)7s
Evening (13 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)9s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Fri
16
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM
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
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.9
SSE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.1
NE
0.1
NE
0.5
S
0.7
SSE
0.7
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.5
SE
0.1
N
0.1
N
Period(s) (?)10967779887776345561010951212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2259555711955225152332382221333
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
30
W
25
W
25
W
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
20
SSW
25
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
15
SSW
15
SW
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSE
5
E
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		crossoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crossglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:00AM
3.17
11:26PM
3.23
12:02PM
3.24
12:31AM
3.31
12:58PM
3.39
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:36AM
1.50
5:11PM
1.63
5:50AM
1.52
6:23PM
1.50
6:53AM
1.42
7:20PM
1.29
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Fri
16
Sunrise--8:25-------8:23-------8:22-----
Sunset----4:04-------4:06-------4:07---
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--13--------------------
Temp. °C998765433335654435566666
Feels °C (?)4541-1-2-2-3-2-3-201-2-3-3-40022342
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