Western Head Reef surfForecast / Nova Scotia / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Tuesday 07 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 12PM is: 0.2m 7s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 08:00am April 07). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (ADT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)1ft (0.3m)7s
Afternoon (07 Apr)0.5ft (0.1m)14s
Evening (07 Apr)0.5ft (0.1m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
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 (?)
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.2
ESE
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.5
SE
0.6
S
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.7
SSE
0.4
NE
0.3
NE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
ENE
0.1
E
0.2
E
0.3
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
ESE
Period(s) (?)777141514381212744556666136777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)88544450330732362333381319
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
10
W
15
SSW
30
SSW
25
SW
10
E
15
ENE
15
NNE
15
NNW
25
N
20
N
10
NNW
0
WNW
10
WSW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
SW
5
S
15
SSE
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:44PM
1.42
12:44AM
1.47
1:26PM
1.34
1:25AM
1.40
2:13PM
1.28
2:14AM
1.35
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:26AM
0.30
6:28PM
0.57
7:15AM
0.37
7:20PM
0.63
8:12AM
0.43
8:24PM
0.67
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
Sunrise-6:50-------6:48-------6:46------
Sunset----7:52-------7:52-------7:53---
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
light snow
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C02543-1-1-1-1-214321100110011
Feels °C (?)-5-30-5-4-5-6-6-6-9-500-2-4-4-4-3-4-5-6-5-3-3
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