Western Head Reef surfForecast / Nova Scotia / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Monday 23 Mar 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
1.7° 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 4PM is: 3.0m 8s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 08:00am March 23). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 9s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.1m 16s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (ADT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Mar)6ft (1.8m)8s
Afternoon (23 Mar)10ft (3.0m)8s
Evening (23 Mar)10ft (3.0m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thu
26
6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
ESE
1.8
SE
2.3
ENE
3
E
3
E
3
E
3
ENE
2.4
E
2.1
E
1.8
E
1.6
E
1.5
ENE
1.3
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.7
E
0.5
E
1.4
SW
0.4
E
0.3
E
0.2
ESE
0.1
SE
0.1
E
0.1
SE
Period(s) (?)6878899999999910109610101010913
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3713544851290143912911414961742533413359260181150944412831179437
Wind
(km/h)
35
ENE
40
ENE
40
ENE
40
NE
35
NE
30
NNE
30
N
30
N
25
N
25
NNW
25
N
20
NNW
15
NW
15
W
20
WSW
20
WSW
30
SW
35
SW
25
WSW
30
W
25
W
15
W
10
W
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:18PM
1.54
12:33AM
1.70
1:11PM
1.45
1:25AM
1.61
2:14PM
1.36
2:27AM
1.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:27AM
0.18
6:32PM
0.37
7:33AM
0.23
7:44PM
0.47
8:43AM
0.26
9:01PM
0.54
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thu
26
Sunrise-7:16-------7:15-------7:13------
Sunset----7:34-------7:35-------7:36---
light snow
cloud
light snow
light snow
light snow
cloud
cloud
light snow
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C-1-1-1-2-2-2-3-4-3-4-1110-1-101331-100
Feels °C (?)-10-11-11-13-12-10-11-12-11-12-9-6-5-6-7-7-8-8-4-5-7-7-5-3
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