Western Head Reef surfForecast / Nova Scotia / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 pm Friday 31 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
14.2° C
(Which is 3.5°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 8PM is: 2.2m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 02:00pm October 31). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 22s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 2.4m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ADT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Oct)--
Afternoon (31 Oct)11ft (3.5m)10s
Evening (31 Oct)7ft (2.2m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
31
Saturday
01
Sunday
02
Monday
03
12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
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 (?)
4
ESE
3.5
SE
3.5
SE
2.2
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.5
ESE
1.1
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.6
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
Period(s) (?)101010101010111111111044443311111113131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2876241420049045904714043232511305846281913965557777
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
30
SW
35
SW
40
SW
45
WSW
45
WSW
45
WSW
45
W
40
W
40
W
40
W
35
W
30
W
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
W
10
W
10
W
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:10PM
1.29
5:10AM
1.46
5:19PM
1.35
6:03AM
1.59
6:19PM
1.43
6:50AM
1.71
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:33AM
0.53
10:46PM
0.26
11:30AM
0.42
11:38PM
0.20
12:25PM
0.28
12:29AM
0.14
Friday
31
Saturday
01
Sunday
02
Monday
03
Sunrise-------7:54-------7:54-------7:56
Sunset--6:09-------6:08-------6:07-----
heavy rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
231----------------------
Temp. °C161613121110999999876569755554
Feels °C (?)14126420-1-10000000-1-13211110
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