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 Saturday 08 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 12.8° C
(Which is 2.9°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: 1.2m 5s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am November 08). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (08 Nov)	0.5ft (0.1m)	12s
Afternoon (08 Nov)	0.5ft (0.1m)	11s
Evening (08 Nov)	0.5ft (0.1m)	11s

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

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		Saturday 08								Sunday 09								Monday 10
	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	SSW	SSW	E	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	N	SSE	SSE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	SE	E	E	E
Period(s) (?)	4	5	5	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	3	9	8	3	5	6	7	7	15	15	15
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	14	39	111	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	1	0	0	10	94	384	589	457	4	4	4
Wind (km/h)	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	WSW	WNW	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	NW	S	SE	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	S	S	SSE	SSE	S
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)	9:40PM 1.61				9:48AM 1.78				10:34PM 1.56				10:40AM 1.69					11:29PM 1.50				11:34AM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)			3:46AM 0.21				4:33PM -0.07				4:49AM 0.31					5:36PM 0.00				6:01AM 0.39				6:42PM 0.07

		Saturday 08								Sunday 09								Monday 10
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	2	1	1	1	-
Temp. °C	6	9	11	13	13	14	13	11	8	5	3	3	5	7	6	7	8	9	11	15	15	15	15	15
Feels °C (?)	1	2	4	5	6	9	10	7	3	0	-1	-1	2	4	2	3	2	2	5	12	12	11	12	12

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