Cow Bay surf break

Cow Bay surfForecast / Nova Scotia / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 pm Monday 30 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
1.6° 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 6PM is: 0.1m 11s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 02:00pm March 30). An open ocean swell of 2.5m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ADT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Mar)--
Afternoon (30 Mar)0.5ft (0.1m)11s
Evening (30 Mar)0.5ft (0.1m)11s

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


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Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
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 (?)
0.2
ESE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
2.3
SSW
0.1
E
0.1
E
1.9
SSW
0.6
E
0.8
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
0.8
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
E
1.6
SSW
1.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)811111189988934555555666699
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)655500011082150737833181410106500
Wind
(km/h)
35
SSW
40
SSW
45
SW
30
SW
30
SW
20
WSW
10
WNW
5
N
5
ESE
15
ENE
20
NE
20
ENE
25
E
20
ESE
10
E
15
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
10
ENE
15
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
20
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
offcross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:26PM
1.61
7:40AM
1.58
8:04PM
1.67
8:22AM
1.60
8:40PM
1.71
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:34PM
0.22
2:02AM
0.27
2:18PM
0.20
2:46AM
0.21
2:59PM
0.21
3:26AM
0.17
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Sunrise-------6:56-------6:54-------6:52
Sunset--7:37-------7:38-------7:39-----
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light snow
cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
light snow
cloud
cloud
light snow
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--1------2--------------
Temp. °C34444664530-1-1-100-1-1-1-2-2-4-5-5
Feels °C (?)-5-5-6-3-31312-1-6-7-8-7-4-5-7-7-6-7-7-10-11-11
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