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Western Head Surf Report and Forecast

Latest Conditions and Today's Tides

Swell

0.7m @ 7secs
195°

Wind

19kph
209° -

Temperature

Sea 11°c    Air 11°c
 
 

Tides, sunrise and sunset at Liverpool Bay, Nova Scotia
Hours from midnight
First Light: 5:05am - Sunrise: 5:40am
Sunset: 8:50pm - Last Light 9:25pm
(Liverpool Bay, Nova Scotia - 2.7mi away) [Help]
low 5:47am 0.2m
high 12:09pm 1.5m
low 6:00pm 0.5m
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Swell Height
Swell Period Wind
Swell Chart Period Chart Wind Chart
Chart Region:  
Fri 25/05
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 1.18m 8secs 164.64° 0.74m 9secs 144.95° 0.62m 8secs 186.87° 0.67m 5secs 90.54°
3am 1.14m 8secs 163.3° 0.76m 9secs 146.68° 0.64m 5secs 93.64°      
6am 1.09m 8secs 163.81° 0.74m 8secs 147.22° 0.58m 5secs 95.73°      
9am 1.03m 8secs 166.38° 0.73m 8secs 146.18° 0.5m 5secs 96.8°      
12pm 0.99m 8secs 170.49° 0.84m 8secs 133.11° 0.49m 7secs 193.46°      
3pm 0.97m 7secs 173.08° 0.79m 8secs 129.61° 0.52m 7secs 188.35°      
6pm 0.98m 7secs 172.53° 0.53m 7secs 189.58° 0.52m 8secs 142.89° 0.35m 3secs 182.12°
9pm 1.01m 7secs 167.51° 0.51m 8secs 143.35° 0.49m 6secs 97.66° 0.72m 7secs 195.16°
Sat 26/05
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 1.01m 7secs 166.48° 0.49m 6secs 98.5° 0.46m 8secs 141.9° 0.75m 7secs 199.14°
3am 1.01m 7secs 163.84° 0.46m 7secs 95.21° 0.45m 8secs 141.99° 0.78m 7secs 202.96°
6am 1.07m 7secs 159.04° 0.43m 8secs 141.74° 0.42m 7secs 94.3° 0.89m 4secs 206.23°
9am 1.13m 7secs 164.57° 0.4m 8secs 142.24° 0.4m 7secs 97.39° 0.97m 4secs 211.97°
12pm 1.2m 5secs 211.01° 0.4m 8secs 141.16° 0.33m 6secs 94.25° 1.07m 5secs 215.88°
3pm 1.28m 5secs 212.1° 0.38m 8secs 139.35° 0.29m 6secs 94.63° 1.18m 5secs 216.18°
6pm 1.31m 5secs 210.75° 0.36m 7secs 137.74° 0.25m 6secs 95.34° 1.22m 5secs 216.32°
9pm 1.27m 6secs 208.56° 0.34m 8secs 134.43° 0.22m 6secs 95.5° 1.19m 6secs 220.94°
Sun 27/05
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 1.2m 6secs 211.64° 0.37m 7secs 137.89° 0.2m 6secs 95.23° 1.11m 6secs 234.75°
3am 1.08m 6secs 203.62° 0.79m 6secs 222.33° 0.36m 7secs 138.14° 0.48m 3secs 3.83°
6am 0.96m 6secs 199.96° 0.63m 6secs 223.31° 0.39m 7secs 144.78° 0.54m 3secs 7.3°
9am 0.9m 6secs 196.6° 0.56m 6secs 222.61° 0.42m 7secs 133.71° 0.52m 3secs 13.1°
12pm 0.84m 6secs 193.42° 0.48m 6secs 223.03° 0.32m 7secs 147.54° 0.46m 3secs 19.73°
3pm 0.78m 6secs 190.32° 0.41m 6secs 223.45° 0.36m 4secs 25.43°      
6pm 0.73m 6secs 186.62° 0.46m 6secs 221.54° 0.29m 7secs 149.23°      
9pm 0.72m 9secs 196.36° 0.46m 6secs 219.18° 0.33m 9secs 214.3°      
Mon 28/05
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 0.7m 9secs 198.1° 0.43m 6secs 219.02° 0.37m 9secs 213.51°      
3am 0.69m 9secs 200.09° 0.41m 6secs 220.04° 0.39m 9secs 213.35°      
6am 0.7m 9secs 202.41° 0.55m 9secs 214.67° 0.21m 7secs 150.97° 0.22m 2secs 316.1°
9am 0.69m 9secs 203.75° 0.54m 9secs 214° 0.2m 7secs 152.42° 0.26m 2secs 305.6°
12pm 0.69m 9secs 204.51° 0.53m 9secs 213.41° 0.2m 7secs 151.56° 0.29m 2secs 256.71°
3pm 0.75m 9secs 205.03° 0.24m 7secs 144.93° 0.18m 6secs 109.54° 0.67m 9secs 215.94°
6pm 0.81m 9secs 205.86° 0.24m 7secs 142.15° 0.15m 6secs 109.52° 0.74m 9secs 213.47°
9pm 0.71m 8secs 206.46° 0.5m 8secs 211.69° 0.4m 3secs 230.48°      
Tue 29/05
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 0.86m 8secs 206.31° 0.49m 8secs 210.62° 0.22m 7secs 138.96° 0.61m 3secs 32.28°
3am 1.07m 4secs 43.13° 0.47m 8secs 210.28° 0.21m 7secs 138.76° 0.92m 4secs 42.12°
6am 1.11m 5secs 47.66° 0.43m 8secs 210.08° 0.2m 7secs 140.6° 0.98m 5secs 47.82°
9am 0.96m 5secs 54.62° 0.4m 8secs 209.77° 0.19m 7secs 139.56° 0.84m 5secs 52.57°
12pm 0.78m 8secs 201.8° 0.63m 5secs 56.7° 0.38m 8secs 209.77°      
3pm 0.67m 7secs 202.36° 0.48m 4secs 65.66° 0.39m 7secs 210.45°      
6pm 0.68m 7secs 202.77° 0.35m 4secs 68.84° 0.19m 13secs 140.25° 0.51m 7secs 206.4°
9pm 0.69m 7secs 201.84° 0.29m 5secs 73.62° 0.19m 13secs 140.42° 0.57m 7secs 210.49°
Wed 30/05
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 0.66m 7secs 201.88° 0.41m 7secs 213.1° 0.25m 5secs 75.87° 0.36m 3secs 212.35°
3am 0.61m 7secs 201.58° 0.38m 7secs 213.39° 0.21m 5secs 76.69° 0.34m 3secs 208.33°
6am 0.64m 7secs 202.73° 0.34m 7secs 213.21° 0.18m 13secs 140.08° 0.44m 3secs 194.43°
9am 0.8m 4secs 195.92° 0.21m 13secs 137.4° 0.11m 5secs 65.03° 0.75m 4secs 192.78°
12pm 1.07m 4secs 191.42° 0.22m 13secs 137.03° 0.09m 5secs 62.29° 1.04m 4secs 189.43°
3pm 1.35m 5secs 200.42° 0.21m 13secs 137.36° 0.08m 5secs 61.24° 1.33m 5secs 191.22°
6pm 1.56m 6secs 202.88° 0.2m 12secs 136.02° 0.05m 21secs 143.35° 1.54m 6secs 199°
9pm 1.72m 6secs 206.83° 0.2m 12secs 134.76° 0.06m 20secs 144.76° 1.7m 6secs 204.57°
Thu 31/05
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 1.72m 6secs 209.68° 0.19m 12secs 134.66° 0.07m 20secs 143.03° 1.71m 6secs 207.3°
3am 1.64m 7secs 208.17° 0.19m 12secs 134.16° 0.08m 20secs 144.23° 1.63m 7secs 208.83°
6am 1.56m 7secs 212.59° 0.19m 12secs 133.53° 0.09m 20secs 142.5° 1.55m 7secs 209.96°
9am 1.47m 7secs 212.67° 0.18m 12secs 132.1° 0.1m 19secs 143.55° 1.45m 7secs 210.08°
12pm 1.37m 7secs 212.71° 0.17m 12secs 137.17° 0.11m 19secs 142.12° 1.36m 7secs 209.28°
3pm 1.32m 7secs 212.45° 0.17m 12secs 136.92° 0.12m 19secs 143.02° 1.3m 7secs 209.18°
6pm 1.42m 7secs 211.87° 0.16m 12secs 137.2° 0.12m 19secs 141.63° 1.4m 7secs 213.73°
9pm 1.54m 7secs 210.18° 0.16m 11secs 137.22° 0.14m 18secs 142.43° 1.52m 7secs 220.45°
Fri 1/06
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 5.3m 6secs 220.61° 0.7m 10secs 96.22° 0.5m 12secs 147.3° 1.6m 6secs 231.41°
3am 5m 8secs 198.35° 1.28m 8secs 211.8° 0.5m 12secs 147.02° 2.6m 4secs 285.62°
6am 5m 8secs 198.35° 1.28m 8secs 211.8° 0.5m 12secs 147.02° 2.6m 4secs 285.62°
9am 4.8m 8secs 198.89° 1.31m 8secs 223.01° 1.6m 10secs 184.02° 1m 4secs 309.42°
12pm 4.8m 8secs 198.89° 1.31m 8secs 223.01° 1.6m 10secs 184.02° 1m 4secs 309.42°
3pm 4.5m 8secs 202.02° 1.21m 8secs 217.11° 2m 10secs 190.87°      
6pm 4.5m 8secs 202.02° 1.21m 8secs 217.11° 2m 10secs 190.87°      
9pm 4.2m 8secs 209.48° 1.12m 7secs 203.7° 1.9m 10secs 90.73°      
Sat 2/06
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 4.2m 8secs 209.48° 1.12m 7secs 203.7° 1.9m 10secs 90.73°      
3am 3.9m 8secs 205.59° 1.16m 8secs 206.42° 0.5m 16secs 142.95°      
6am 3.9m 8secs 205.59° 1.16m 8secs 206.42° 0.5m 16secs 142.95°      
9am 3.8m 8secs 204.43° 1.13m 8secs 205.16° 0.5m 16secs 142.86°      
12pm 3.8m 8secs 204.43° 1.13m 8secs 205.16° 0.5m 16secs 142.86°      
3pm 3.8m 8secs 206.29° 1.03m 8secs 202.15° 0.6m 16secs 141.88° 1.4m 3secs 167.32°
6pm 3.8m 8secs 206.29° 1.03m 8secs 202.15° 0.6m 16secs 141.88° 1.4m 3secs 167.32°
9pm 4.3m 8secs 208.55° 0.7m 15secs 140.83° 0.6m 11secs 141.22° 1.27m 8secs 203.49°
Sun 3/06
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 4.3m 8secs 208.55° 0.7m 15secs 140.83° 0.6m 11secs 141.22° 1.27m 8secs 203.49°
3am 4.9m 8secs 210.63° 1.35m 8secs 205.94° 2m 10secs 92.38°      
6am 4.9m 8secs 210.63° 1.35m 8secs 205.94° 2m 10secs 92.38°      
9am 4.6m 8secs 210.84° 1.27m 8secs 205.08° 1.8m 10secs 93.19°      
12pm 4.6m 8secs 210.84° 1.27m 8secs 205.08° 1.8m 10secs 93.19°      
3pm 5.3m 9secs 212.86° 1m 15secs 140.1° 0.8m 10secs 129.17° 1.58m 9secs 203.38°
6pm 5.3m 9secs 212.86° 1m 15secs 140.1° 0.8m 10secs 129.17° 1.58m 9secs 203.38°
9pm 4.5m 8secs 210.09° 0.87m 8secs 208.85° 1.4m 10secs 98.29° 3m 5secs 211.33°
Mon 4/06
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 4.5m 8secs 210.09° 0.87m 8secs 208.85° 1.4m 10secs 98.29° 3m 5secs 211.33°

Last Model Run: 25th May 2012 9:00am
Last Update: 25th May 2012 10:09pm
All times local time (AST) unless otherwise stated.
View Regional Wave BuoysNearby Wave Buoy Data
Halifax Harbor
(44258)
Swell0.9m 7secs
Wind18kph 
9:00pm Fri 25th May
La Have Bank
(44150)
Swell0.9m 8secs
Wind11kph 
9:00pm Fri 25th May
Buoy N - Northeast Channel
(44024)
Swell1m 5secs
Wind7kph 
8:00pm Fri 25th May
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