Cow Bay surf break

Cow Bay surfForecast / Nova Scotia / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 pm Sunday 12 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
3.2° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Cow Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Cow Bay at 3AM is: 0.6m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 08:00pm April 12). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (ADT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Apr)2ft (0.6m)9s
Afternoon (13 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)5s
Evening (13 Apr)--

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


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Sun
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
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 (?)
0.6
SSE
0.6
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
1.4
SSW
1.7
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
Period(s) (?)991010999567888914141313131212121213
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4965927485706894185000004433333333
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
5
N
5
SE
5
SW
10
SW
20
SSW
25
SSW
35
S
35
SW
30
SW
25
SW
20
W
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
SSE
10
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
S
5
SW
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffonononononcross-
on
glasscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:23PM
1.37
5:31AM
1.41
6:09PM
1.48
6:22AM
1.49
6:51PM
1.61
7:10AM
1.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:32PM
0.58
11:55AM
0.40
12:27AM
0.46
12:42PM
0.32
1:16AM
0.32
1:27PM
0.25
Sun
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Sunrise-----6:33-------6:31-------6:30--
Sunset7:53-------7:54-------7:55-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-------31111-------151--
Temp. °C8744330255581011991086444610
Feels °C (?)2301-1-3-7-7-4-2-14786685200149
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