Cow Bay surf break

Cow Bay surfForecast / Nova Scotia / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 pm Tuesday 14 Apr 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
2.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Cow Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Cow Bay at 6PM is: 0.1m 13s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 02:00pm April 14). An open ocean swell of 1.6m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ADT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Apr)--
Afternoon (14 Apr)0.5ft (0.1m)14s
Evening (14 Apr)0.5ft (0.1m)13s

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


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Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM
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 (?)
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
1.4
S
1.1
SSE
1.3
ESE
1
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
ESE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
Period(s) (?)14141313138555555666666555555
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)44433264626844747767596250403930212015131212
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
10
NNW
5
E
10
SE
15
SE
20
ESE
25
E
25
E
20
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
E
15
E
15
E
15
E
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
SE
15
ESE
10
SE
0
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:51PM
1.61
7:10AM
1.57
7:32PM
1.73
7:56AM
1.64
8:13PM
1.83
8:41AM
1.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:42PM
0.32
1:16AM
0.32
1:27PM
0.25
2:03AM
0.18
2:12PM
0.20
2:49AM
0.07
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sunrise-------6:30-------6:28-------6:26
Sunset--7:55-------7:58-------7:59-----
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
heavy rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----511--------------1101
Temp. °C111111974344433322112323344
Feels °C (?)78963-1-3-2-2-2-3-1-1-2-2-4-4-2-1-2-1-103
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