Horse Head Reef surfForecast / North East England / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 19 Jul 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
14.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Horse Head Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Horse Head Reef at 7PM is: 0.9m 5s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.9m 5s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm July 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jul)--
Afternoon (19 Jul)3.5ft (1.1m)5s
Evening (19 Jul)2ft (0.6m)5s

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

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Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
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 (?)
1.1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.9
E
1
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
0.3
E
0.3
NE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
Period(s) (?)555555666666666665555554
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)6382191725365378165112181554140312726271395444
Wind
(km/h)
20
SE
15
SE
10
E
5
ESE
5
ENE
0
NE
5
SW
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
5
SSE
5
S
10
SSE
20
ESE
20
SE
10
ESE
5
SE
10
SW
10
W
15
W
15
W
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:58PM
3.55
11:22AM
3.70
12:07AM
3.56
12:38PM
3.73
1:14AM
3.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:38PM
0.94
5:06AM
1.29
5:54PM
1.07
6:28AM
1.19
7:11PM
1.07
7:43AM
0.97
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
Sunrise-----4:52-------4:54-------4:54--
Sunset-9:31-------9:30-------9:29------
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Rain (mm)
782-12----31------------
Temp. °C161616161617181918171616151618181818171614151818
Feels °C (?)141516171719191816161515151616151517171512131716
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for North East England

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Horse Head Reef (light winds from the SE.(Wind varies from 090 to 180 degs) at Newcastle Airport 21 km from Horse Head Reef). 0.2m 6s windswell from the NNE

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21 km away, 1 h 53 min ago

17 km/h
SE
17.0
14.2
Air / Water (°C)
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