Western Head Reef surfForecast / Nova Scotia / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 pm Wednesday 22 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
14.7° C
(Which is 3.1°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 4PM is: 1.2m 5s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 02:00pm October 22). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ADT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Oct)--
Afternoon (22 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)5s
Evening (22 Oct)5ft (1.6m)6s

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

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Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM
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 (?)
0.5
E
1.1
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.6
SSE
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
Period(s) (?)9556101010101010101110101010101099101099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)41591171924429325352515356787371696864434344444227
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:23AM
1.60
10:01PM
1.52
9:58AM
1.56
10:40PM
1.48
10:34AM
1.51
11:18PM
1.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:46PM
0.04
3:50AM
0.33
4:14PM
0.05
4:19AM
0.38
4:45PM
0.10
4:50AM
0.44
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
Sunrise-------7:41-------7:43-------7:45
Sunset--6:23-------6:22-------6:21-----
clear
cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--151-------------------
Temp. °C16171716151412121516151212111110131414108888
Feels °C (?)1213121213129910111088887991065555
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Nova Scotia

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Western Head Reef (moderate winds from the SE at Western Head Airport 2 km from Western Head Reef). 0.9m 9s swell from the E with a 0.6m 6s windswell, also from the E. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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22 km/h
SE
Cross-On
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