Cow Bay surf break

Cow Bay surfForecast / Nova Scotia / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Monday 09 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
0.1° 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 3PM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 19s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 08:00am March 09). An open ocean swell of 1.3m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ADT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Afternoon (09 Mar)2ft (0.6m)8s
Evening (09 Mar)2ft (0.6m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thu
12
6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM
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 (?)
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
ESE
1.3
E
1.5
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
0.9
ESE
Period(s) (?)888888888889988888856666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1006969555441313130313432524745323130237512611810654
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
10
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
10
SW
5
SW
5
NW
15
NNE
15
NE
20
E
25
E
25
ESE
25
ESE
20
ESE
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:50PM
1.35
1:01AM
1.45
1:42PM
1.27
1:53AM
1.38
2:47PM
1.20
2:57AM
1.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:07AM
0.39
7:08PM
0.55
7:51AM
0.46
7:51PM
0.64
8:44AM
0.53
8:45PM
0.70
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thu
12
Sunrise-7:37-------7:35-------7:33------
Sunset----7:10-------7:12-------7:14---
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C32685111237863441-10-2-3-203
Feels °C (?)-1-313-1-5-5-6-3-2442012-4-6-6-10-11-10-6-2
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