Western Head Reef surfForecast / Nova Scotia / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 05 Mar 2026 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
1.2° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Western Head Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Western Head Reef at 1PM is: 0.3m 12s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 05). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 7s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.8m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Mar)1ft (0.3m)12s
Afternoon (05 Mar)1ft (0.3m)12s
Evening (05 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)11s

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


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Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sun
08
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.4
SE
0.5
SE
0.6
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
1.3
ESE
1.5
SE
1.6
SE
1.7
SE
1.8
SE
1.7
SE
1.7
SE
1.7
SE
1.8
SE
1.9
SE
1.6
SE
Period(s) (?)12121212121211109888867889999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)22222222224757777971686855131222289401470450450461515562393
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
30
NE
25
NNE
20
NE
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
E
20
E
25
ENE
25
E
20
ENE
20
E
15
E
10
E
10
E
10
ESE
15
SSE
20
S
20
SSW
20
SW
25
SW
30
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
ononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:28AM
1.75
9:51PM
1.79
10:10AM
1.68
10:27PM
1.73
10:51AM
1.60
11:03PM
1.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:37AM
0.17
3:47PM
0.10
4:15AM
0.18
4:21PM
0.21
4:52AM
0.21
4:55PM
0.33
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sun
08
Sunrise-6:48-------6:47-------6:46------
Sunset----6:10-------6:12-------6:14---
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C3-5-9-6-6-7-8-8-8-8-5-4-4-4-3-2-1-1134444
Feels °C (?)-1-13-17-13-12-13-15-15-15-15-13-12-11-11-8-6-5-5-4-2-1-2-2-3
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