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Western Head Reef surfForecast / Nova Scotia / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Sunday 18 Jan 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
3.5° 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 12AM is: 1.0m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm January 18). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 8s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)6s
Afternoon (19 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)7s
Evening (19 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)6s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
S
1.5
S
1
SE
0.4
ESE
1.2
ENE
1.1
E
1
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.5
E
1.1
SW
0.3
ENE
0.2
E
0.1
E
0.4
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.6
WNW
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
Period(s) (?)8884566676566644101010101041010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)0013270888454432159831593335453333102534
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
5
E
15
NE
25
NE
30
NNE
25
NNW
15
NW
10
W
10
SW
25
SSW
35
SW
35
WSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
30
W
30
W
25
W
25
WNW
20
WNW
10
W
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		crossononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:30PM
1.51
8:26AM
1.64
9:07PM
1.56
9:03AM
1.64
9:43PM
1.61
9:40AM
1.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:09PM
0.14
2:15AM
0.42
2:44PM
0.11
2:54AM
0.41
3:18PM
0.10
3:34AM
0.41
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Sunrise-----7:48-------7:47-------7:46--
Sunset5:08-------5:09-------5:12-------
cloud
light snow
light snow
mod snow
light snow
light snow
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
light snow
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C210010011310-1-1-2-2-4-7-7-8-8-9-7-4
Feels °C (?)-2-2-5-7-7-7-5-3-3-3-8-9-9-10-11-10-12-15-14-13-16-16-14-11
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