Cow Bay surf break

Cow Bay surfForecast / Nova Scotia / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Saturday 28 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
1.2° 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 12PM is: 0.7m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 08:00am March 28). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 9s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (ADT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Afternoon (28 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Evening (28 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tue
31
6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
1
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
SSE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SSE
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SE
1.2
SW
1.3
SSW
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
1.4
SW
0.3
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
Period(s) (?)8888888877746888678811111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)84656260675750291817135910526232213311665555
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNE
15
N
10
N
5
WSW
5
WNW
20
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
0
SSW
10
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
20
WSW
25
SW
20
SW
25
SW
30
SW
30
SW
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SW
30
SW
20
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:59AM
1.48
5:53PM
1.45
6:02AM
1.51
6:44PM
1.54
6:55AM
1.55
7:26PM
1.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:44AM
0.30
12:15AM
0.45
12:44PM
0.26
1:13AM
0.36
1:34PM
0.22
2:02AM
0.27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tue
31
Sunrise-7:01-------7:01-------6:58------
Sunset----7:35-------7:36-------7:37---
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C-8-8-4-3-3-5-7-7-7-5-3021-1012355445
Feels °C (?)-15-14-9-7-8-12-13-12-10-11-10-7-4-6-8-7-6-5-5-4-4-4-3-1
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