Backyards Surf Forecast

/ Nova Scotia (17 breaks) / Nova Scotia (20 breaks) /

Canada (58 breaks)

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Backyards surfForecast / Nova Scotia / Canada

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 am Saturday 18 Oct 2025 ADT

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Backyards surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Backyards sea temperature is 14.8° C
(Which is 3.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Backyards today?

The current surf forecast for Backyards at 9AM is: 1.9m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 02:00am October 18). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (ADT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Oct)	6ft (1.9m)	9s
Afternoon (18 Oct)	6.5ft (2.0m)	10s
Evening (18 Oct)	7ft (2.1m)	10s

Table - waves today at Backyards. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Saturday 18								Sunday 19								Monday 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	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ESE	E	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Period(s) (?)	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	404	213	251	597	732	727	799	865	776	618	535	464	327	274	274	312	369	379	379	318	318	325	277	277
Wind (km/h)	N	NNE	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	NNE	N	NE	NNE	ESE	SE	SSE	SE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				6:42AM 1.54				6:56PM 1.48				7:17AM 1.60				7:36PM 1.51				7:51AM 1.64				8:14PM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)		12:47AM 0.32				1:19PM 0.35				1:31AM 0.31				2:01PM 0.28				2:10AM 0.31				2:39PM 0.23

	Saturday 18								Sunday 19								Monday 20
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:21	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	11	11	11	12	13	13	11	10	10	9	11	12	15	15	13	11	10	9	9	12	13	12	12
Feels °C (?)	7	5	5	5	7	8	7	5	5	6	4	6	8	12	12	10	9	8	7	8	10	11	10	10

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Nova Scotia

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Backyards (light winds from the N at Shearwater Airport 7 km from Backyards). A 1.6m swell from the ESE
1 hour 39 minutes ago Backyards

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1 h 39 min ago

19 km/h

Cross-Off

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