Western Head Reef surfForecast / Nova Scotia / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 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
19.0° C
(Which is 4.6°C warmer than 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 11PM is: 0.3m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.2m 2s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ADT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)--
Afternoon (17 Sep)--
Evening (17 Sep)1ft (0.3m)9s

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

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Wed
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM
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 (?)
0.3
E
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.2
SSW
0.4
SE
0.2
S
0.4
S
0.3
SE
0.4
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
Period(s) (?)699293369888888888888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)714141013628353534313342425450403938363433
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
10
SW
10
WSW
5
WSW
10
SW
15
S
10
SSW
15
S
15
SSW
10
SW
10
W
10
W
15
W
15
W
15
W
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
NW
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:52PM
1.41
6:47AM
1.38
6:50PM
1.48
7:32AM
1.48
7:39PM
1.55
8:12AM
1.56
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:30AM
0.11
12:56PM
0.33
1:23AM
0.07
1:48PM
0.26
2:09AM
0.05
2:33PM
0.19
Wed
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunrise-----7:00-------7:01-------7:01--
Sunset7:25-------7:23-------7:22-------
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C1817161617171921191918181718222321171412991216
Feels °C (?)1615141617161921192019191617202016129744610
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  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Western Head Reef (light winds from the SW at Western Head- NS 1 km from Western Head Reef). 0.3m 6s windswell from the E to make surfable waves.

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1 h 37 min ago

17 km/h
SW
Cross-On
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