Horse Head Reef surfForecast / North East England / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 08 Apr 2026 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
7.3° 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: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm April 08). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)2ft (0.6m)11s
Afternoon (08 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Evening (08 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
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 (?)
0.5
NNE
0.5
NNE
0.5
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.6
ESE
1.1
SE
1.6
SE
1.8
SE
2
SE
2.2
SE
Period(s) (?)111010101010556666777777746667
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)666258393831222224252525313437382523354416522100
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
10
SSE
5
SE
0
SW
10
W
10
WSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
25
WSW
30
W
25
WSW
30
W
30
W
25
W
20
WSW
15
W
10
SE
30
SE
35
SE
35
SE
40
SSE
40
SSE
25
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:20AM
3.51
7:54PM
3.34
8:06AM
3.27
8:54PM
3.05
9:13AM
3.09
10:22PM
2.90
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:35PM
1.15
1:54AM
1.50
2:26PM
1.42
2:49AM
1.74
3:41PM
1.61
4:12AM
1.89
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunrise-------6:18-------6:16-------6:13
Sunset---7:54-------7:57-------7:59----
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----------------------1
Temp. °C12161616121111111310108664368776775
Feels °C (?)10141516108988432-1-2-3-314-1-2-3-3-3-1
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