Cow Bay surf break

Cow Bay surfForecast / Nova Scotia / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Sunday 22 Feb 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
0.8° 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 3PM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am February 22). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 9s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Feb)1ft (0.3m)8s
Afternoon (22 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Evening (22 Feb)3ft (0.9m)10s

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

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Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wed
25
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
9
7
7
0
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
E
0.4
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
1
E
1
E
1.5
E
1.9
E
2.5
E
3.5
E
4.5
E
4.5
E
3.5
ESE
3.5
SE
3.5
S
5.5
S
4.5
S
1.1
E
0.9
E
0.7
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
Period(s) (?)9889101010101167891091016151499999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)714132696133212212516236599155735873934188521566567127637848207142834126
Wind
(km/h)
30
NNW
25
NNW
25
N
25
N
20
N
20
NNE
15
NNE
20
NE
20
ENE
30
ENE
40
ENE
45
ENE
55
ENE
45
ENE
30
E
20
E
0
NW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
20
WNW
15
W
20
W
20
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:21AM
1.54
11:42PM
1.68
12:16PM
1.45
12:37AM
1.62
1:21PM
1.37
1:42AM
1.56
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:35AM
0.20
5:44PM
0.28
6:27AM
0.24
6:35PM
0.37
7:26AM
0.29
7:35PM
0.46
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wed
25
Sunrise-7:03-------7:01-------7:00------
Sunset----5:51-------5:52-------5:53---
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
light snow
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------113-------
Temp. °C-3-5-3-2-2-5-7-8-7-5-1-1012321-100-2-2-3
Feels °C (?)-12-13-11-10-9-12-13-15-14-13-11-12-12-10-6-30-7-9-8-7-7-8-9
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