Surf forecast · Canada · Nova Scotia
Surf forecast Lawrencetown Beach today
Waves, swell and wind at Lawrencetown Beach (Nova Scotia, Canada) today and for the next 3 days, every 3 hours of daylight, with a plain verdict per day — flat, small, fun, good or big, offshore or onshore — and the best window to paddle out.
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Right now
Fun offshore.
Lawrencetown Beach surf forecast, next 3 days
- Flat
- Small
- Fun
- Good
- Big
Saturday 24 October
Fun Best window 16:00–18:00: fun, offshore.
Sunday 25 October
Fun Best window 07:00–10:00: fun, offshore.
| Time | Waves | Swell | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | 0.8 m · 10 s ↑E | 0.7 m · 8 s ↑E | 11–26 km/h ↑W cross-shore |
| 12:00 | 0.7 m · 10 s ↑E | 0.7 m · 8 s ↑E | 11–25 km/h ↑W cross-shore |
| 15:00 | 0.7 m · 9 s ↑E | 0.6 m · 8 s ↑E | 10–22 km/h ↑W cross-shore |
Monday 26 October
Fun Best window 17:00–18:00: fun, cross-shore.
| Time | Waves | Swell | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | 0.7 m · 6 s ↑SSW | 0.4 m · 4 s ↑SSW | 18–46 km/h ↑WSW cross-shore |
| 12:00 | 0.7 m · 5 s ↑SSW | 0.4 m · 5 s ↑SSW | 18–31 km/h ↑SW cross-shore |
| 15:00 | 0.9 m · 5 s ↑SSW | 0.3 m · 5 s ↑S | 20–29 km/h ↑SW cross-shore |
Tuesday 27 October
Small Best window 08:00–11:00: small, offshore.
| Time | Waves | Swell | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | 0.6 m · 5 s ↑W | 0.4 m · 4 s ↑SSW | 19–35 km/h ↑NNW offshore |
| 12:00 | 0.6 m · 5 s ↑WNW | 0.3 m · 4 s ↑SW | 22–29 km/h ↑NNW offshore |
| 15:00 | 0.5 m · 5 s ↑WNW | 0.2 m · 8 s ↑S | 21–29 km/h ↑NNW offshore |
Every 3 hours of daylight, local time. Waves = significant height of the whole sea, with the peak period; swell = the long-period part. Arrows point where the waves and the wind are going.
Forecast for Sat 16:00 local time · updated 2026-10-24 19:11 UTC
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Live significant wave height from NOAA WaveWatch III, averaged over 2° cells: coarser than the forecast above, so near the coast it can differ from it.
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Questions
- Is there surf at Lawrencetown Beach today?
- Fun: waves 1.3 m at 11 s from E, swell 1.3 m · 10 s E (Sat 16:00).
- Is the wind offshore at Lawrencetown Beach?
- Wind 17 km/h from NNW: offshore for a beach facing SSE.
- When is the best time to surf Lawrencetown Beach today?
- 16:00–18:00 (fun, offshore)
- How warm is the water at Lawrencetown Beach?
- 11.1 °C
- Where do the numbers come from?
- The Open-Meteo Marine API (wave models of Météo-France, ECMWF and NOAA) for a point just off the beach, and the Open-Meteo forecast for the wind. A model at sea, not a surf report: sandbanks, reefs and tide shape the waves you actually get.
Nearby surf spots
Hampton Beach 628 km · Narragansett 750 km · Ditch Plains (Montauk) 806 km · Long Beach New York 957 km · Rockaway Beach 969 km · Manasquan 1010 km
How it is computed
Hourly Open-Meteo Marine forecast (wave height, peak period and direction, swell) at a point just off Lawrencetown Beach, and the Open-Meteo wind at 10 m. Size: flat under 0.3 m, small under 0.8 m, fun under 1.5 m, good under 2.5 m (with a period of 8 s or more), big above. Wind: under 8 km/h light; otherwise offshore, cross-shore or onshore from its angle to the direction the beach faces. The best window is the 3 daylight hours with the best mix of size, period and wind. Rebuilt every 3 hours. Live map.