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 2 am Friday 03 Oct 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 17.4° C
(Which is 4.4°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 3AM is: 0.8m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 02:00am October 03). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (ADT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (03 Oct)	2ft (0.6m)	9s
Afternoon (03 Oct)	2.5ft (0.8m)	8s
Evening (03 Oct)	2ft (0.6m)	8s

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

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	Friday 03								Saturday 04								Sunday 05
	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	E	ENE	E	E	E	E	E	E	ENE	WSW	ESE	E	ESE	ESE	E	SE	ESE	SE	ESE	ESE	E	ESE	ESE	E
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	7	5	8	7	9	9	8	15	14	13	12	12	12	12	11	11
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	105	77	74	56	58	82	66	46	18	15	12	9	27	25	21	59	118	178	138	167	284	228	205	151
Wind (km/h)	NW	WNW	WNW	W	WSW	WSW	W	W	W	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	NNW	NNW	NE	NE	NE	ENE	E	SE	S	SSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)			5:58AM 1.35					6:01PM 1.37				6:45AM 1.49				6:52PM 1.47				7:28AM 1.63				7:39PM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)	11:28PM 0.27				11:58AM 0.44					12:19AM 0.18				12:52PM 0.32				1:06AM 0.09				1:41PM 0.20

	Friday 03								Saturday 04								Sunday 05
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	10	10	10	15	18	17	12	11	12	12	13	20	23	22	20	16	14	13	13	14	16	15	15
Feels °C (?)	8	6	6	6	11	13	12	8	8	9	9	10	17	18	19	18	14	12	11	12	12	14	13	13

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Nova Scotia

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Western Head Reef (light winds from the NW at Western Head Airport 2 km from Western Head Reef). A 0.8m swell from the E
2 hours 13 minutes ago Western Head Reef

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2 h 13 min ago

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