Western Head Reef surfForecast / Nova Scotia / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 am Thursday 26 Mar 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
1.2° C
(Which is 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Western Head Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Western Head Reef at 9AM is: 1.1m 5s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 02:00am March 26). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (ADT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)5s
Afternoon (26 Mar)0.5ft (0.1m)13s
Evening (26 Mar)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
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM
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 (?)
0.2
ESE
0.1
SE
0.8
SSW
1.1
S
2
S
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
2.3
S
2.1
S
2.2
S
2
S
1.8
S
1.5
S
0.8
SE
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.4
SE
Period(s) (?)91345613131313138910101098101488888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7719512837777700000080245349384517
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
15
SSW
20
SSW
30
S
40
SSW
40
SW
25
WSW
20
SW
25
SW
20
SSW
40
SW
20
NW
25
NW
30
NW
25
NW
25
NNW
25
NNW
15
N
15
N
15
NNE
5
NE
15
SSE
10
S
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglasscross-
on
onoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:27AM
1.51
3:33PM
1.31
3:45AM
1.46
5:08PM
1.36
5:10AM
1.48
6:21PM
1.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:01PM
0.54
9:51AM
0.26
10:15PM
0.56
10:56AM
0.24
11:24PM
0.53
11:58AM
0.19
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunrise---7:11-------7:09-------7:07----
Sunset------7:37-------7:38-------7:39-
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
heavy rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---281121-315-------------
Temp. °C222456765485342-3-5-7-7-7-4-5-4-5
Feels °C (?)-3-3-4-4-4-311-1-100-4-4-6-11-13-14-13-13-8-11-9-11
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