Cow Bay surf break

Cow Bay surfForecast / Nova Scotia / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 pm Thursday 26 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
1.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Cow Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Cow Bay at 2AM is: 0.1m 13s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 08:00pm March 26). An open ocean swell of 2.5m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thu
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
4
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
SSW
2
S
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
SE
0.8
SSE
0.6
SE
0.6
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
Period(s) (?)13131389991099999108888877888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)333000000021820610211671537648371817162424
Wind
(km/h)
25
SW
20
SSW
25
SW
30
SSW
35
SW
20
NW
20
NW
25
NW
25
NW
15
NNW
20
N
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
10
N
5
WNW
10
WNW
20
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
5
NW
10
WSW
20
WSW
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:32PM
1.36
3:45AM
1.47
4:49PM
1.39
4:59AM
1.48
5:53PM
1.45
6:02AM
1.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:47PM
0.54
10:35AM
0.33
11:05PM
0.52
11:44AM
0.30
12:15AM
0.45
12:44PM
0.26
Thu
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Sunrise-----7:03-------7:01-------7:01--
Sunset7:32-------7:34-------7:35-------
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
mod rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
2---75------------------
Temp. °C444454342-1-5-8-9-9-5-3-3-5-7-7-7-6-3-1
Feels °C (?)-2-1-3-4-3-1-3-3-5-7-12-15-15-15-10-7-8-12-13-12-11-11-10-8
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  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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