Cow Bay surf break

Cow Bay surfForecast / Nova Scotia / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Tuesday 24 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
1.4° 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 5PM is: 1.3m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 1.2m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 08:00am March 24). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (ADT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Mar)6ft (1.8m)9s
Afternoon (24 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)10s
Evening (24 Mar)4ft (1.2m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Fri
27
6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
E
1.8
E
1.6
E
1.4
E
1.2
E
1.2
S
1.1
S
0.8
SSE
0.5
SSE
1.8
SSW
0.4
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.1
E
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
1
SSW
1.2
S
1.8
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
Period(s) (?)999101099995101099981010456131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7185494453612872411921014417929767379104064212333
Wind
(km/h)
30
N
30
N
30
N
25
NNW
20
NNW
5
NW
10
SW
20
WSW
25
SW
40
SW
30
WSW
35
W
30
W
15
W
10
W
5
W
5
SSE
15
SSE
25
S
35
S
25
SSW
35
SW
30
SW
30
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassonononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:04PM
1.47
1:18AM
1.61
2:13PM
1.39
2:27AM
1.52
3:32PM
1.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:13AM
0.18
7:26PM
0.41
8:14AM
0.26
8:32PM
0.50
9:23AM
0.31
9:47PM
0.54
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Fri
27
Sunrise-7:09-------7:07-------7:05------
Sunset----7:30-------7:30-------7:32---
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
------------------1366-1
Temp. °C-3-3-11100-2-103431-1-1-10245655
Feels °C (?)-11-11-10-7-6-4-5-9-8-10-5-5-5-5-7-5-6-5-4-4-1-2-2-2
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