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Cow Bay surf break

Cow Bay surfForecast / Nova Scotia / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 07 Jan 2026 AST
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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
2.8° 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 2PM is: 1.7m 6s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 07). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)5s
Afternoon (07 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)6s
Evening (07 Jan)4ft (1.2m)9s

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

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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sat
10
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
3
2
3
3
2
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.6
E
1.7
E
1.7
E
1.2
S
1.7
S
2.1
S
2.1
S
2
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.8
SSE
0.6
SE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
1.2
SSW
1.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)556669101010101010998888888846
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8697163212219239535900884792630529441431847088534340232252145
Wind
(km/h)
25
E
25
E
30
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
20
NW
15
NW
20
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NNW
25
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NW
20
NW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
15
WSW
15
SW
20
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrossoffcross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffcross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:38AM
1.64
11:20PM
1.60
11:27AM
1.53
12:07AM
1.55
12:18PM
1.42
12:55AM
1.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:06AM
0.30
5:28PM
0.13
5:56AM
0.35
6:13PM
0.23
6:46AM
0.40
6:58PM
0.35
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sat
10
Sunrise-7:50-------7:50-------7:48------
Sunset---4:49-------4:50-------4:52----
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light snow
cloud
cloud
light snow
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
---13-------------------
Temp. °C222342121011110-1-2-1011134
Feels °C (?)-4-4-5-4-3-3-4-3-6-8-6-6-5-5-5-7-7-5-4-4-4-5-4-5
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