Western Head Reef surfForecast / Nova Scotia / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Wednesday 08 Apr 2026 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
2.9° 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 2PM is: 0.2m 3s primary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 08:00am April 08). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (ADT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)0.5ft (0.1m)12s
Afternoon (08 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)3s
Evening (08 Apr)--

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


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Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sat
11
6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM
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
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.5
SSE
0.2
N
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.4
SSE
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.2
ESE
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.3
ESE
0.1
E
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.5
SE
0.6
SE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
1
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.3
ESE
Period(s) (?)121273766111365551377777779109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)33010002332253451027444847172241272
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
10
NW
10
NW
15
NNW
10
N
10
N
5
NNE
5
ENE
10
SSE
15
S
15
S
15
S
15
S
10
S
10
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:26PM
1.34
1:25AM
1.40
2:13PM
1.28
2:14AM
1.35
3:11PM
1.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:15AM
0.37
7:20PM
0.63
8:12AM
0.43
8:24PM
0.67
9:10AM
0.47
9:29PM
0.68
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sat
11
Sunrise-6:48-------6:46-------6:43------
Sunset----7:52-------7:53-------7:55---
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C-103553211022100001364334
Feels °C (?)-6-5-200-2-3-4-3-4-2-3-4-5-5-5-4-4-21-2-2-2-2
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