Western Head Reef surfForecast / Nova Scotia / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Sunday 22 Feb 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
1.2° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Western Head Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Western Head Reef at 1PM is: 0.2m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am February 22). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 9s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Feb)1ft (0.3m)6s
Afternoon (22 Feb)0.5ft (0.2m)8s
Evening (22 Feb)2ft (0.6m)10s

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

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Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wed
25
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
E
0.3
ENE
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.3
E
0.6
E
0.8
E
1.4
ENE
1.8
E
2.4
E
3.5
E
4.5
E
5.5
E
4
E
3.5
E
2.5
E
2.5
ESE
1.4
E
1.6
E
1.2
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
Period(s) (?)868891010106789101010101010999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11866146513041805001244325658353272212413461271371450246111854443
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
25
NE
20
NE
25
ENE
30
ENE
40
ENE
45
ENE
55
ENE
50
ENE
45
ENE
25
E
15
E
25
NW
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:27AM
1.51
11:51PM
1.70
12:18PM
1.42
12:40AM
1.62
1:18PM
1.33
1:39AM
1.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:42AM
0.29
5:40PM
0.31
6:45AM
0.31
6:44PM
0.41
7:53AM
0.32
7:58PM
0.50
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wed
25
Sunrise-7:07-------7:05-------7:03------
Sunset----5:57-------5:58-------5:59---
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
light snow
light rain
light rain
light snow
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
--------------22--------
Temp. °C-4-5-200-4-5-5-3-2-1001321-1000-3-3-3
Feels °C (?)-11-11-9-5-5-11-11-13-12-12-12-13-12-9-4-2-6-10-8-7-7-9-8-10
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