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Western Head Reef surfForecast / Nova Scotia / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 19 Nov 2025 AST
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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
9.8° C
 (Which is 1.0°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 1PM is: 0.6m 5s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am November 19). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 8s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.1m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Nov)0.5ft (0.2m)10s
Afternoon (19 Nov)2ft (0.6m)5s
Evening (19 Nov)0.5ft (0.2m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Sat
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
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.5
W
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.2
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.2
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.8
ESE
1
ESE
1
ESE
1
ESE
1
ESE
Period(s) (?)101035511111010101091099834677777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8861918998337333321527569910510599
Wind
(km/h)
20
W
15
W
20
W
20
WSW
15
W
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
N
5
N
5
N
5
E
5
E
5
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
5
NE
5
ENE
5
W
10
WSW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassglassglassglassoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		glassglasscross-
on		on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:17AM
1.59
8:00PM
1.49
7:54AM
1.57
8:39PM
1.48
8:31AM
1.55
9:18PM
1.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:47PM
0.06
1:51AM
0.39
2:19PM
0.05
2:23AM
0.41
2:50PM
0.07
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Sat
22
Sunrise-7:18-------7:18-------7:20------
Sunset---4:49-------4:47-------4:46----
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C125763221135543322566545
Feels °C (?)-5-3-111-1-2-2-3-30221-1-1-2-2234310
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