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Lawrencetown

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What's missing?
  • No usable upcoming daylight wave or wind evidence is available. Check Tomorrow if today’s daylight has ended.
Other wind windows

Plan around the wind

The best available upcoming daylight wind sample to compare with the wave evidence. This compares wind only; wave size, tide suitability, and hazards can change your choice.

No upcoming daytime sample has current, finite wind evidence.

How these periods are chosen

The planner prefers three consecutive hourly samples covering two daylight hours, but retains shorter one- or two-sample evidence when that is all the forecast provides. Light wind means at most 6 kt. Moderate offshore means at most 12 kt from land toward the sea when shore orientation is verified. Strong wind or known gusts of 20 kt or more remain visible as cautions instead of making the entire comparison disappear. These are comparison labels, not locally tested surf-quality or safety ratings. Missing gusts remain unknown. Terrain shelter, currents, closures, and your ability are not assessed.

Forecast confidence
  • Returned marine grid point is 3.0 km from the mapped spot. Provider grid resolution is not established for this response.
  • Reference model hour: 0 hours from now; historical residuals do not measure forecast lead-time error.
  • No accepted local model for these inputs: missing history, unsupported direction/period/height, or failed historical validation.
  • Tide unavailable: assessment incomplete, especially at shallow reef breaks.
  • A mapped coordinate does not establish nearshore grid resolution or terrain/shelter accuracy.

Wind N 6.4 kt

Tide Unavailable

Wave, wind and tide details
Offshore model swellSSE 1.7 ft @ 7sValid 2026-09-22 21:00 · America/HalifaxMarine grid 44.6250, -63.3750 · offshore model, not a local measurement
Offshore model sea2.2 ft @ 6.3sSignificant wave height including wind waves and swell; not breaking surfValid 2026-09-22 21:00 · America/Halifax
Model windN 6.4 ktunavailableValid 2026-09-22 21:00 · America/Halifax
TideUnavailableunavailableNo verified local tide station connected; no tide height estimated
ECCC Halifax Harbour buoy 44258 · 16 km from Lawrencetown2.3 ft @ 4sObserved significant offshore wave height at the Halifax approach buoy; exposure differs at each break. Not local breaking surf.Observed Sep 22, 8:00 PM ADT

Surf height unavailable. Coastal and offshore waves are not breaking-wave heights.

Surf and wind

Recommended window: No recommended window

Breaking surf is not reliably resolved. Hourly offshore swell and wind inputs are listed below.

Hourly forecast

Hourly surf forecast for Lawrencetown
TimeWindTideOffshore swell
NNW 4.8 ktunavailableUnavailableunavailableSE 3.0 ft @ 5s
NW 4.3 ktunavailableUnavailableunavailableSE 2.9 ft @ 5s
NW 4.8 ktunavailableUnavailableunavailableSE 2.8 ft @ 5s
NW 4.9 ktunavailableUnavailableunavailableSE 2.6 ft @ 5s
NW 4.7 ktunavailableUnavailableunavailableSE 2.6 ft @ 5s
NW 3.8 ktunavailableUnavailableunavailableSE 2.4 ft @ 6s
WNW 3.7 ktunavailableUnavailableunavailableSSE 2.4 ft @ 6s
NW 4 ktunavailableUnavailableunavailableSE 2.4 ft @ 6s
NW 4.7 ktunavailableUnavailableunavailableSE 2.4 ft @ 6s
NW 5.1 ktunavailableUnavailableunavailableSE 2.4 ft @ 6s
NW 5.8 ktunavailableUnavailableunavailableSE 2.3 ft @ 5s
NW 6.6 ktunavailableUnavailableunavailableSE 2.2 ft @ 5s
NNW 7 ktunavailableUnavailableunavailableSE 2.0 ft @ 5s
NNW 6.8 ktunavailableUnavailableunavailableSE 1.9 ft @ 5s
NNW 7 ktunavailableUnavailableunavailableSE 1.8 ft @ 5s
NNW 6.9 ktunavailableUnavailableunavailableSE 1.7 ft @ 5s
NNW 8 ktunavailableUnavailableunavailableSSE 1.7 ft @ 6s
NNW 6.7 ktunavailableUnavailableunavailableSSE 1.7 ft @ 6s
NNW 5.6 ktunavailableUnavailableunavailableSSE 1.7 ft @ 6s
NNW 5.7 ktunavailableUnavailableunavailableSSE 1.7 ft @ 6s
N 6.4 ktunavailableUnavailableunavailableSSE 1.7 ft @ 7s
N 6.4 ktunavailableUnavailableunavailableSSE 1.7 ft @ 7s
N 6.7 ktunavailableUnavailableunavailableSSE 1.6 ft @ 7s
N 6.5 ktunavailableUnavailableunavailableSE 1.6 ft @ 7s
Unavailable
WindNNW 4.8 ktunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellSE 3.0 ft @ 5s
Unavailable
WindNW 4.3 ktunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellSE 2.9 ft @ 5s
Unavailable
WindNW 4.8 ktunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellSE 2.8 ft @ 5s
Unavailable
WindNW 4.9 ktunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellSE 2.6 ft @ 5s
Unavailable
WindNW 4.7 ktunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellSE 2.6 ft @ 5s
Unavailable
WindNW 3.8 ktunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellSE 2.4 ft @ 6s
Unavailable
WindWNW 3.7 ktunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellSSE 2.4 ft @ 6s
Unavailable
WindNW 4 ktunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellSE 2.4 ft @ 6s
Unavailable
WindNW 4.7 ktunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellSE 2.4 ft @ 6s
Unavailable
WindNW 5.1 ktunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellSE 2.4 ft @ 6s
Unavailable
WindNW 5.8 ktunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellSE 2.3 ft @ 5s
Unavailable
WindNW 6.6 ktunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellSE 2.2 ft @ 5s
Unavailable
WindNNW 7 ktunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellSE 2.0 ft @ 5s
Unavailable
WindNNW 6.8 ktunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellSE 1.9 ft @ 5s
Unavailable
WindNNW 7 ktunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellSE 1.8 ft @ 5s
Unavailable
WindNNW 6.9 ktunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellSE 1.7 ft @ 5s
Unavailable
WindNNW 8 ktunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellSSE 1.7 ft @ 6s
Unavailable
WindNNW 6.7 ktunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellSSE 1.7 ft @ 6s
Unavailable
WindNNW 5.6 ktunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellSSE 1.7 ft @ 6s
Unavailable
WindNNW 5.7 ktunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellSSE 1.7 ft @ 6s
Unavailable
WindN 6.4 ktunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellSSE 1.7 ft @ 7s
Unavailable
WindN 6.4 ktunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellSSE 1.7 ft @ 7s
Unavailable
WindN 6.7 ktunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellSSE 1.6 ft @ 7s
Unavailable
WindN 6.5 ktunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellSE 1.6 ft @ 7s

Tide

Local tide station unavailable

Tide predictions are unavailable for this period.

About this spot

Model-grid forecast requested at the mapped coordinate; reef, headland, and nearshore transformations are unresolved. Reef break. Published named beach/break-area coordinate; shoreline bearing and nearshore wave transformation unresolved.

Mapped spot coordinate: 44.6332, -63.3392.

Mainland · Atlantic coast, Eastern Shore · Coastline orientation unresolved · Location provenance

Model request point: Lawrencetown (44.6332, -63.3392). Model output times describe valid conditions; the provider does not expose the model run issue time in this response.

Forecast sources

Data coverage 3/6 sources

Source availability is not forecast accuracy. Where an empirical model passes historical testing, its error and interval coverage are shown above. Source count cannot increase that confidence.

Coverage tier B · CANADA · spot-level model point

  • ECCC official marine wave bulletins
    ECCC wave bulletin does not cover this selected date or its area, issue time or forecast format is unsupported.
    UnavailableNo source time
  • Environment Canada MSC GeoMet
    Wind, weather, marine model fields, alerts; market adapter or station mapping not connected
    UnavailableNo source time
  • ECCC Halifax Harbour buoy 44258 · 16 km from Lawrencetown
    ECCC Halifax Harbour buoy 44258 · 16 km from Lawrencetown; Observed significant offshore wave height at the Halifax approach buoy; exposure differs at each break. Not local breaking surf.
    Current
  • Canadian Hydrographic Service IWLS API
    Tide predictions, water levels, and station metadata; market adapter or station mapping not connected
    UnavailableNo source time
  • Open-Meteo Marine API
    1 of 1 configured model points available
    Current
  • Open-Meteo Weather API
    1 of 1 configured model points available
    Current
  • Surf-Forecast public pages
    Spot discovery and break-specific HTML fallback
    Not applicableNo source time
How best guesses are made

Best guesses combine usable wave and wind evidence, with qualitative confidence and specific limitations. A missing tide or local surf-height model does not prevent useful guidance. Tide levels use the named station datum; their effect at this break remains uncertain. Wind direction is relative to the mapped beach orientation, without calibrated terrain or shelter effects. The comparison is a heuristic, not a measured quality rating.