Western Head Point surfForecast / Nova Scotia / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Saturday 28 Feb 2026 AST
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Western Head Point surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Western Head Point sea temperature is
0.8° C
(Which is 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Western Head Point today?

The current surf forecast for Western Head Point at 4AM is: 0.9m 6s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm February 28). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Mar)--
Afternoon (01 Mar)--
Evening (01 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)7s

Table - waves today at Western Head Point. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
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
SSE
1
SSE
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSE
0.9
SE
1
SSE
1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.5
SW
0.9
SSW
1.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)888777777778888888899345
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)0000690000118105117885447331920191313428111
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
S
0
WNW
5
N
10
NNW
15
N
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
20
NW
10
W
10
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
WSW
20
SSW
30
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:29PM
1.53
6:28AM
1.69
7:16PM
1.65
7:17AM
1.75
7:58PM
1.74
8:02AM
1.79
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:38AM
0.39
1:07PM
0.02
1:30AM
0.30
1:52PM
-0.03
2:15AM
0.23
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Sunrise-----6:56-------6:54-------6:52--
Sunset6:05-------6:06-------6:07-------
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C34443022-3-5-8-11-14-15-13-9-9-10-8-8-9-9-6-3
Feels °C (?)-20221-4-3-3-10-12-15-19-22-22-21-16-16-16-14-13-14-14-13-12
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