Surf Break

Lat Long: 55.17° N 1.52° W

Horse Head Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 30 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Horse Head Reef sea temperature is
14.1°C
1.2° 

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


How big are the waves at Horse Head Reef today (30 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (30 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 7s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 8s period with ENE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 9s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Horse Head Reef at 10AM is: 1.6m 7s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a North direction, 1.3m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am September 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Sep)5ft (1.6m)7s
Afternoon (30 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Evening (30 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Some drizzle, heaviest during Fri night. Warm (max 21°C on Wed afternoon, min 12°C on Fri night). Mainly fresh winds.

Wednesday
30
Thursday
1
Friday
2
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
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
ESE
6
1.6
ESE
7
1.6
ESE
7
1.5
E
7
1.1
ENE
8
1.3
ENE
9
1.3
ENE
9
1.4
ENE
8
1.1
ENE
8
1
ENE
8
1
ENE
8
0.9
ENE
8
0.8
ENE
8
0.7
NE
8
0.8
ENE
7
0.6
ENE
7
0.6
ENE
7
0.6
ENE
7
0.4
ENE
7
0.4
ENE
6
0.7
SSE
5
0.7
S
5
0.2
ENE
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
194
206
212
208
169
228
238
262
165
125
119
91
64
57
61
34
31
30
17
17
22
22
4
Wind (km/h)
25
SE
25
SE
20
SW
15
SSE
20
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
S
15
S
20
S
25
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
20
WSW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
5:45AM4.56m
6:08PM4.27m
6:29AM4.34m
6:50PM4.04m
7:19AM4.03m
7:40PM3.76m
Low Tide
12:05PM0.29m
00:19AM0.44m
12:46PM0.59m
1:04AM0.64m
1:33PM0.96m
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Temp °C
16
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17
21
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18
16
14
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14
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15
13
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13
13
16
18
17
14
Feels °C
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14
14
15
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16
15
14
11
11
11
14
13
11
10
10
9
9
8
11
13
12
11
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