Cow Bay surf break

Cow Bay surfForecast / Nova Scotia / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Friday 20 Mar 2026 ADT
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Cow Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Cow Bay sea temperature is
1.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Cow Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Cow Bay at 4PM is: 1.2m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:00am March 20). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ADT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Afternoon (20 Mar)4ft (1.2m)8s
Evening (20 Mar)3ft (0.9m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Mon
23
6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
1.2
S
1.9
SSE
2.5
S
2.5
S
1.6
SSE
1.2
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.5
SSE
0.9
SSE
1.4
SE
Period(s) (?)8888881098867888888888111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)145128147162138102109113101195263757804296161107835455322169155424
Wind
(km/h)
5
SE
10
S
15
SW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
20
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
30
S
35
SSW
20
WSW
30
NNW
25
NNW
20
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
SSW
10
SE
25
ESE
35
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
ononcross-
on
crossoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:47AM
1.72
10:05PM
1.85
10:31AM
1.69
10:47PM
1.84
11:17AM
1.64
11:31PM
1.79
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:59AM
0.09
4:10PM
0.13
4:43AM
0.06
4:53PM
0.17
5:29AM
0.06
5:39PM
0.23
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Mon
23
Sunrise-7:16-------7:15-------7:13------
Sunset----7:24-------7:25-------7:28---
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
Rain (mm)
---------3462-----------
Temp. °C-3-2021111234430-2-2-4-3011-2-2-2
Feels °C (?)-6-6-6-4-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-3-8-10-9-10-9-6-3-3-6-9-11
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