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 2 am Thursday 18 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 4.7°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 6AM is: 0.2m 3s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 02:00am September 18). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 9s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.2m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (ADT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	1ft (0.3m)	3s
Afternoon (18 Sep)	2ft (0.6m)	4s
Evening (18 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	9s

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

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	Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
	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	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	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SE	SE	S	S	SSE	S	S	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSW	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	3	3	3	4	4	9	8	8	8	8	8	6	8	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	8	8
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	14	30	1	1	3	11	14	26	34	23	23	33	33	41	36	33	33	36	38	29	38	37	46	45
Wind (km/h)	SW	SW	SSW	S	S	S	S	SW	SW	W	W	W	W	WNW	NNW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	WNW	NW	WNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)				6:47AM 1.38				6:50PM 1.48				7:32AM 1.48				7:39PM 1.55				8:12AM 1.56				8:22PM 1.59
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

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

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	17	17	18	18	20	19	19	18	18	17	17	22	22	21	17	14	12	9	9	13	16	15	14
Feels °C (?)	15	17	17	18	17	19	20	20	19	18	17	16	21	20	18	11	9	7	4	4	8	10	9	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 WSW at Western Head- NS 1 km from Western Head Reef). 0.2m 7s swell from the E to make surfable waves.
2 hours 57 minutes ago Western Head Reef

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2 h 57 min ago

11 km/h

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Cross-On

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