Western Head Reef Surf Forecast

/ Nova Scotia (17 breaks) / Nova Scotia (20 breaks) /

Canada (58 breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Western Head Reef surfForecast / Nova Scotia / Canada

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 13 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 11.4° C
(Which is 2.0°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 4AM is: 0.1m 9s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am November 13). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 9s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.7m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (13 Nov)	0.5ft (0.1m)	9s
Afternoon (13 Nov)	0.5ft (0.1m)	14s
Evening (13 Nov)	0.5ft (0.1m)	14s

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

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		Thursday 13								Friday 14								Saturday 15
	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM
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 See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	SE	SE	SE	E	ENE	E	ENE	ENE	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE
Period(s) (?)	11	10	9	9	8	14	14	14	14	8	9	9	8	9	8	8	8	8	14	14	14	14	14	14
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	0	7	2	1	1	4	4	4	4	11	12	12	5	15	35	61	38	33	41	38	36	36	20	21
Wind (km/h)	NW	NNW	WNW	W	WNW	W	NW	NNE	N	NNW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	WNW	W	W	WSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			2:42AM 1.39				2:50PM 1.34				3:50AM 1.43				4:04PM 1.33				4:44AM 1.48					5:06PM 1.36
Low Tide / height (m)	8:43PM 0.17				9:21AM 0.43				9:37PM 0.22				10:18AM 0.38				10:29PM 0.26					11:10AM 0.32

		Thursday 13								Friday 14								Saturday 15
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	4:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-

Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	5	4	4	4	7	7	6	4	4	3	3	2	3	5	3	2	1	0	-1	0	3	5	3	1
Feels °C (?)	2	2	1	0	3	4	4	-1	-1	-3	-4	-6	-5	-2	-3	-3	-5	-6	-7	-6	-5	-2	-4	-5

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