Western Head Reef Surf Forecast

/ Nova Scotia (17 breaks) / Nova Scotia (20 breaks) /

Canada (58 breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Western Head Reef surfForecast / Nova Scotia / Canada

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 15 Nov 2025 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 10.9° C
(Which is 1.7°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 7AM is: 0.3m 14s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am November 15). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (15 Nov)	1ft (0.3m)	14s
Afternoon (15 Nov)	0.5ft (0.2m)	14s
Evening (15 Nov)	0.5ft (0.2m)	14s

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

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		Saturday 15								Sunday 16								Monday 17
	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM
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 See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SSW	S	SSE	ESE	ESE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E
Period(s) (?)	8	8	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	4	5	5	14	14	7	14	8	14	14	14	14	10	10
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	50	34	41	38	36	36	20	21	21	20	22	56	144	40	41	189	41	83	39	38	40	40	20	20
Wind (km/h)	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	W	WSW	WSW	SW	SSW	S	SE	SSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			4:44AM 1.48					5:06PM 1.36				5:27AM 1.53				5:56PM 1.40				6:05AM 1.57				6:40PM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)	10:29PM 0.26					11:10AM 0.32				11:17PM 0.30				11:57AM 0.24				12:02AM 0.33				12:38PM 0.17

		Saturday 15								Sunday 16								Monday 17
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:51	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	1	-1	-1	-1	3	5	3	1	2	3	6	7	8	12	10	9	7	5	4	3	4	4	3	5
Feels °C (?)	-5	-7	-7	-7	-4	-2	-4	-5	-3	-2	0	-1	1	7	6	5	1	-2	-4	-5	-5	-5	-5	-2

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