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Western Head Point surfForecast / Nova Scotia / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Monday 19 Jan 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
3.8° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Western Head Point today?

The current surf forecast for Western Head Point at 9PM is: 0.5m 6s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 19). An open ocean swell of 2.2m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)6s
Afternoon (19 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)6s
Evening (19 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)6s

Table - waves today at Western Head Point. (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)
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
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
ESE
1.1
E
0.9
ENE
0.9
E
0.7
E
0.5
E
0.9
SW
0.2
ENE
0.2
E
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
0.5
WNW
0.9
W
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.9
WNW
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
1
SW
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
Period(s) (?)5666664661010441094101010101061010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2885646641203143009273231283324242828613739
Wind
(km/h)
25
NNE
25
NNW
15
NW
10
W
10
SW
15
S
30
WSW
35
WSW
25
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
30
W
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
30
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:26AM
1.64
9:07PM
1.56
9:03AM
1.64
9:43PM
1.61
9:40AM
1.63
10:19PM
1.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:15AM
0.42
2:44PM
0.11
2:54AM
0.41
3:18PM
0.10
3:34AM
0.41
3:54PM
0.11
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thu
22
Sunrise-7:48-------7:47-------7:46------
Sunset----5:09-------5:12-------5:13---
light snow
light snow
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C101101200-1-2-2-5-7-8-7-8-9-7-3-2-102
Feels °C (?)-6-7-4-3-4-4-6-9-8-10-11-11-13-16-16-15-16-15-13-10-9-8-7-6
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