Western Head Reef surfForecast / Nova Scotia / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Thursday 09 Apr 2026 ADT
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Western Head Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Western Head Reef sea temperature is
2.5° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Western Head Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Western Head Reef at 2PM is: 0.2m 5s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 08:00am April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ADT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)0.5ft (0.1m)6s
Afternoon (09 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)5s
Evening (09 Apr)0.5ft (0.1m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM
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 (?)
0.4
SE
0.1
SE
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.1
E
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.4
SSE
0.3
ESE
0.4
SE
0.6
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.8
ESE
1.1
SE
1
ESE
1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
Period(s) (?)6655513774777799999101091099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)0122235551014334299172165172217226205201163156121
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
5
ESE
10
SSE
15
S
15
S
15
S
15
S
15
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
SW
25
SSW
20
SW
15
W
25
WNW
25
NW
20
WNW
25
NW
25
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglasscross-
on
cross-
on
onononononononononononononcross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:13PM
1.28
2:14AM
1.35
3:11PM
1.25
3:15AM
1.32
4:23PM
1.28
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:12AM
0.43
8:24PM
0.67
9:10AM
0.47
9:29PM
0.68
10:06AM
0.46
10:31PM
0.65
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
Sunrise-6:46-------6:43-------6:43------
Sunset----7:53-------7:55-------7:57---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------1-----
Temp. °C102221111246544445666542
Feels °C (?)-4-4-3-3-4-4-4-4-3-3-10-1-1-1-2-3-12-10-1-3-5
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