Western Head Reef Surf Forecast

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

Canada (58 breaks)

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Western Head Reef surfForecast / Nova Scotia / Canada

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 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 19.0° C
(Which is 4.6°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 11PM is: 0.3m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.2m 2s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ADT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (17 Sep)	-	-
Evening (17 Sep)	1ft (0.3m)	9s

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

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	Wed 17		Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 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
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	E	SE	SE	SSW	SE	S	S	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE
Period(s) (?)	6	9	9	2	9	3	3	6	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	7	14	14	1	0	1	3	6	28	35	35	34	31	33	42	42	54	50	40	39	38	36	34	33
Wind (km/h)	SSW	SW	WSW	WSW	SW	S	SSW	S	SSW	SW	W	W	W	W	W	NW	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	WNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	5:52PM 1.41					6:47AM 1.38				6:50PM 1.48				7:32AM 1.48				7:39PM 1.55				8:12AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)				12:30AM 0.11				12:56PM 0.33				1:23AM 0.07				1:48PM 0.26				2:09AM 0.05				2:33PM 0.19

	Wed 17		Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-
Sunset	7:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	17	16	16	17	17	19	21	19	19	18	18	17	18	22	23	21	17	14	12	9	9	12	16
Feels °C (?)	16	15	14	16	17	16	19	21	19	20	19	19	16	17	20	20	16	12	9	7	4	4	6	10

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Nova Scotia

Wind Update The wind is still cross-on at Western Head Reef (light winds from the SW at Western Head- NS 1 km from Western Head Reef). 0.3m 6s windswell from the E to make surfable waves.
1 hour 37 minutes ago Western Head Reef

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1 h 37 min ago

17 km/h

Cross-On

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