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Cow Bay surfForecast / Nova Scotia / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Saturday 10 Jan 2026 AST
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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
3.1° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Cow Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Cow Bay at 2AM is: 0.1m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm January 10). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)3ft (0.9m)4s
Afternoon (11 Jan)6ft (1.8m)6s
Evening (11 Jan)5ft (1.6m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SSW
0.1
E
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.2
ESE
0.9
SE
1.3
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.2
S
1.6
S
2
S
0.5
E
0.2
E
4.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
2.1
SW
2.2
SW
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.3
SSE
Period(s) (?)8999945677866101011111111111014148
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)033382070215155264579183000000004414
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
15
WNW
5
N
10
ENE
15
ESE
25
ESE
35
E
20
E
5
S
15
SSW
20
SW
30
W
40
W
40
W
40
W
40
W
35
W
30
WNW
25
W
20
W
20
W
15
SW
15
SW
20
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		offcrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:46AM
1.45
2:14PM
1.25
2:39AM
1.42
3:17PM
1.22
3:34AM
1.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:44PM
0.45
8:33AM
0.48
8:33PM
0.54
9:31AM
0.50
9:28PM
0.60
10:31AM
0.49
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Sunrise-----7:48-------7:48-------7:48--
Sunset-------4:53-------4:54-------4:55
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-------12354------------
Temp. °C421-1-101344520-1-10-1-2-2-3-2-113
Feels °C (?)-2-3-3-5-6-7-7-32-1-1-6-11-11-12-11-11-10-10-10-8-6-4-3
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