Cow Bay surf break

Cow Bay surfForecast / Nova Scotia / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am 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 4PM is: 0.1m 13s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 08:00am March 26). An open ocean swell of 2.5m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (ADT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Mar)4ft (1.2m)5s
Afternoon (26 Mar)0.5ft (0.1m)13s
Evening (26 Mar)--

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sun
29
6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.1
SE
1.2
S
1.8
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
2.5
SSW
0.1
S
0.1
S
3
SSW
4
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.2
SSW
1.8
SSW
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SE
Period(s) (?)1056131391313991010101010988888878
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)461199330330000000916767656062451818
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
25
S
40
S
35
SW
30
SW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SSW
35
SW
20
WNW
25
NW
20
NW
25
NW
20
NW
20
N
20
N
15
NNE
15
N
5
N
0
WNW
10
WNW
15
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:32PM
1.36
3:45AM
1.47
4:49PM
1.39
4:59AM
1.48
5:53PM
1.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:23AM
0.31
9:47PM
0.54
10:35AM
0.33
11:05PM
0.52
11:44AM
0.30
12:15AM
0.45
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sun
29
Sunrise-7:05-------7:03-------7:01------
Sunset----7:32-------7:34-------7:35---
cloud
light snow
light rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
--482--1101--------------
Temp. °C1145444465332-2-5-8-10-10-6-4-4-5-6-7
Feels °C (?)-4-6-5-3-3-1-1-2-20-4-4-5-9-12-15-17-17-11-8-9-12-11-12
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