Western Head Reef Surf Break

Lat Long: 43.99° N 64.68° W

Western Head Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 8 pm 13 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Western Head Reef sea temperature is
16.4° C
0.6° 

Western Head Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Western Head Reef today (14 Aug):

  • Evening surf: Evening surf (14 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 4s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Western Head Reef at 12AM is: 0.4m 5s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 08:00pm August 13). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ADT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Aug)--
Afternoon (14 Aug)--
Evening (14 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)4s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Warm (max 24°C on Sat afternoon, min 15°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
13
Friday
14
Saturday
15
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
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
Period (s)
0.5
SSW
4
0.5
SSW
4
0.4
SSW
5
0.3
SE
13
0.6
SW
5
0.1
SE
9
0.1
SE
9
0.3
WSW
2
0.4
WNW
3
0.1
SE
11
0.3
SE
9
0.1
SE
12
0.1
SE
12
0.1
SE
9
0.3
SE
12
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SSW
3
0.2
SSE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
10
11
9
27
16
3
3
1
2
5
13
5
5
3
21
13
2
0
Wind (km/h)
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
10
W
10
W
15
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
5
W
5
NW
10
NNW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
glassy
cross-off
High Tide
9:42PM1.77m
10:21AM1.72m
10:30PM1.74m
11:04AM1.72m
Low Tide
3:52PM0.15m
4:16AM-0.16m
4:41PM0.12m
5:01AM-0.10m
5:29PM0.13m
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:20
6:20
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:25
8:24
8:22
 mm
5
4
Temp °C
20
18
16
15
15
17
22
23
23
20
18
16
15
17
23
24
24
22
Feels °C
20
18
15
15
14
15
18
18
19
18
16
14
13
15
20
22
23
20
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