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Cow Bay surfForecast / Nova Scotia / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 14 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 7AM is: 1.5m 6s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)5ft (1.6m)6s
Afternoon (14 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)10s
Evening (14 Jan)--

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
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
2
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
1.5
SSW
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
1.7
SSW
1.8
SSW
0.1
E
0.1
E
1.6
S
1.8
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
1.2
SE
1.2
SE
1.4
SE
1.6
SE
1.4
SE
0.4
S
3.5
S
4.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)14141361010771515777888899910131211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)44313144004427233959269094901692503323963655533440
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
20
S
25
SSW
25
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SE
30
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSW
25
SW
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
20
SW
30
WSW
35
WSW
45
WSW
40
W
35
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:27AM
1.44
5:12PM
1.27
5:17AM
1.48
6:01PM
1.32
6:04AM
1.54
6:46PM
1.38
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:27PM
0.63
11:28AM
0.46
11:26PM
0.63
12:20PM
0.41
12:18AM
0.60
1:05PM
0.35
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sunrise---7:47-------7:47-------7:46----
Sunset-----4:57-------4:59--------5:00-
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cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
heavy rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light snow
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----------2-311---24-----
Temp. °C224677666668997555420-1-2-3
Feels °C (?)-3-4-2012012222221-101-2-5-10-12-13-13
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