Cow Bay surf break

Cow Bay surfForecast / Nova Scotia / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Sunday 30 Nov 2025 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
8.1° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Cow Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Cow Bay at 1PM is: 0.3m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am November 30). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 8s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Afternoon (30 Nov)1ft (0.3m)8s
Evening (30 Nov)3.5ft (1.1m)4s

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

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Sunday
30
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wed
03
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
S
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
1
S
1.4
S
1.7
S
2.1
S
2.5
S
1.4
SSE
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
0.6
SE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.6
SSW
0.4
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
Period(s) (?)888884566777777777674888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)22161010932102178335669175004436242316151811213937
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
5
NNW
0
ESE
10
SSE
15
S
25
S
30
S
35
S
40
S
45
S
30
WSW
30
W
25
WNW
25
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
10
N
5
E
15
S
15
S
5
SSW
10
ESE
25
ESE
35
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglassglassononcross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:20AM
1.55
3:46PM
1.41
4:14AM
1.66
4:46PM
1.48
5:06AM
1.76
5:42PM
1.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:45AM
0.38
9:52PM
0.34
10:46AM
0.26
10:50PM
0.31
11:44AM
0.15
11:49PM
0.28
Sunday
30
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wed
03
Sunrise-7:28-------7:28-------7:30------
Sunset---4:35-------4:35-------4:34----
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
Rain (mm)
-------1131----------1414
Temp. °C-2-3-20257910107742-2-4-5-5-223456
Feels °C (?)-7-7-5-5-4-2-11210-1-3-6-9-10-10-9-8-300-1-2
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