Cow Bay surf break

Cow Bay surfForecast / Nova Scotia / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Monday 23 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
1.3° 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 11AM is: 2.2m 6s primary swell from a East direction and 1.3m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.9m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 08:00am March 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (ADT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Mar)6ft (1.9m)6s
Afternoon (23 Mar)8ft (2.5m)7s
Evening (23 Mar)10ft (3.0m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thu
26
6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SSE
1.9
E
2.4
E
2.5
ENE
3
E
3
E
3
E
2.3
E
2
E
1.7
E
1.5
SSE
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
0.7
SSE
0.5
SSE
2
SSW
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.1
E
0.2
ESE
Period(s) (?)1067789999999999986101091099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2062395157101268124813128656514813603392932411968640248777738
Wind
(km/h)
30
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
35
NE
30
NE
30
NNE
30
N
30
N
30
NNW
30
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
5
NNW
10
SW
20
WSW
25
SW
35
SSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
W
20
W
15
W
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:07PM
1.56
12:21AM
1.71
1:04PM
1.47
1:18AM
1.61
2:13PM
1.39
2:27AM
1.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:18AM
0.11
6:29PM
0.32
7:13AM
0.18
7:26PM
0.41
8:14AM
0.26
8:32PM
0.50
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thu
26
Sunrise-7:11-------7:09-------7:07------
Sunset----7:29-------7:30-------7:30---
light snow
light snow
cloud
light snow
light snow
cloud
light snow
light snow
light snow
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------1-----
Temp. °C-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-4-3-3-100-1-1-2-1-1232-1-2-2
Feels °C (?)-10-11-11-12-12-12-11-13-12-12-10-8-7-5-6-8-8-11-6-5-7-8-8-7
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