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Lawrencetown Reef surfForecast / Nova Scotia / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Sunday 18 Jan 2026 AST
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Lawrencetown Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Lawrencetown Reef sea temperature is
3.1° C
 (Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Lawrencetown Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Lawrencetown Reef at 2PM is: 2.0m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 1.0m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)7ft (2.1m)9s
Afternoon (18 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)9s
Evening (18 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wed
21
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
!
2
1
2
1
2
0
0
0
0
1
!
!
0
0
0
0
0
!
!
!
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
S
2.1
S
2
S
2
S
1.6
SSW
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.2
S
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
1.7
S
2.3
S
2.5
S
2.3
S
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
SW
1.8
SSW
1.6
SW
Period(s) (?)999998888881110111111101010101010109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6237026236093714113563051918859669115215181232249024492372240019301478998566415
Wind
(km/h)
20
W
5
W
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
S
10
ENE
25
NE
25
NNE
30
NNW
20
NNW
15
W
15
SW
15
SSW
35
SW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
W
30
W
20
W
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:38AM
1.59
8:21PM
1.47
8:17AM
1.63
8:58PM
1.52
8:56AM
1.64
9:35PM
1.56
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:06PM
0.21
2:12AM
0.43
2:43PM
0.17
2:52AM
0.39
3:19PM
0.15
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wed
21
Sunrise-7:45-------7:43-------7:43------
Sunset----5:01-------5:02-------5:04---
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
light snow
mod snow
light snow
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light snow
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C322221001011112100-1-2-4-6-8-9
Feels °C (?)-2-1-2-2-2-2-4-7-6-8-5-4-4-4-7-8-9-9-11-11-11-14-17-17
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