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Lawrencetown Reef surfForecast / Nova Scotia / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Monday 19 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 1.3°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 7PM is: 2.5m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 19). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (AST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Afternoon (19 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)11s
Evening (19 Jan)8ft (2.5m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thu
22
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)
2
0
1
2
!
!
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 (?)
1.2
S
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSE
1.7
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.2
S
3
SSW
3
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
0.4
SSE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.9
SW
1.3
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
2.1
SW
Period(s) (?)8881111111111101010101010999101099867
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1958880669141215461548108720491953223917321572133610460291516135281343213397
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNE
35
NNW
20
NW
15
WNW
10
WSW
15
SW
25
SSW
35
SW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
W
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
W
20
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:17AM
1.63
8:58PM
1.52
8:56AM
1.64
9:35PM
1.56
9:35AM
1.63
10:12PM
1.60
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:12AM
0.43
2:43PM
0.17
2:52AM
0.39
3:19PM
0.15
3:32AM
0.36
3:55PM
0.15
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thu
22
Sunrise-7:43-------7:43-------7:43------
Sunset----5:02-------5:04-------5:06---
light snow
light snow
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C1011002200-2-2-4-7-8-9-10-10-8-5-4-2-11
Feels °C (?)-5-9-5-5-4-5-5-7-10-10-12-12-14-17-18-18-19-18-16-13-10-10-9-7
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