Cow Bay surf break

Cow Bay surfForecast / Nova Scotia / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Friday 06 Mar 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
0.4° 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 8AM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 06). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Mar)2ft (0.6m)8s
Afternoon (06 Mar)2ft (0.6m)8s
Evening (06 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
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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 (?)
0.5
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.3
SE
1.4
SE
1.4
SE
1.5
SSE
1.5
SE
1.5
SE
1.5
SE
1.4
SE
1.4
SE
1.3
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
Period(s) (?)1098888888778899999989999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4867585553503830111112128181238309346334342342268288255202172172
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
E
20
E
15
E
15
E
10
E
10
E
10
ESE
10
SE
15
SSE
15
S
20
S
25
SSW
30
SW
35
SW
35
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:25PM
1.72
9:44AM
1.60
10:01PM
1.68
10:24AM
1.53
10:39PM
1.61
11:05AM
1.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:10AM
0.19
4:21PM
0.25
4:48AM
0.24
4:56PM
0.35
5:27AM
0.31
5:31PM
0.45
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Sunrise---6:43-------6:41-------6:39----
Sunset------6:07-------6:07-------6:09-
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
--------------------5-15
Temp. °C-13-13-12-12-8-7-6-6-5-4-3-1023455555545
Feels °C (?)-19-19-18-18-15-14-12-12-10-8-7-5-5-3-3-2-2-3-3-1-1-1-10
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