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Western Head Point surfForecast / Nova Scotia / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Sunday 01 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
2.1° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Western Head Point today?

The current surf forecast for Western Head Point at 4PM is: 0.1m 13s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm February 01). An open ocean swell of 1.9m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Feb)0.5ft (0.1m)14s
Afternoon (01 Feb)0.5ft (0.1m)13s
Evening (01 Feb)8ft (2.5m)8s

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

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Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.1
E
0.1
E
2.1
NE
2.5
ENE
2.5
E
3
E
3
ENE
2.5
E
2.1
E
2
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
0.8
ESE
1
E
0.9
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
Period(s) (?)1413689101011111111111111111110101010109910
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)43326750106420391883137997491873667646540116422416296946747424145
Wind
(km/h)
30
NE
30
NNE
40
NNE
40
N
45
N
40
N
40
NNW
35
NNW
30
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
10
W
10
W
5
W
10
W
5
W
5
S
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crossglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:18PM
1.69
8:18AM
1.84
9:03PM
1.76
9:05AM
1.83
9:45PM
1.79
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:11PM
-0.10
2:30AM
0.27
2:56PM
-0.12
3:18AM
0.24
3:39PM
-0.09
4:04AM
0.25
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Sunrise-------7:35-------7:33-------7:33
Sunset--5:28-------5:29-------5:30-----
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light snow
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C-5-5-5-3-2-1-3-3-3-1-2-5-5-4-5-6-2-1-1-1-2-2-20
Feels °C (?)-13-14-15-14-13-11-13-12-11-8-9-10-10-9-10-11-6-5-5-5-6-6-6-5
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