Cow Bay surf break

Cow Bay surfForecast / Nova Scotia / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 am Thursday 26 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
1.0° 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: 1.2m 5s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 02:00am March 26). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (ADT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Mar)4ft (1.2m)5s
Afternoon (26 Mar)0.5ft (0.1m)13s
Evening (26 Mar)--

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.1
S
0.1
E
0.1
SE
1.2
SSW
1.7
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.2
SSW
0.9
SE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
Period(s) (?)1391056131389999910101099888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)43466171330007981051104100011599868667504946
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
5
SW
20
S
25
S
40
S
40
SSW
30
SW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
25
SW
20
WNW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
20
NW
20
N
20
N
15
NNE
15
N
10
N
0
W
10
W
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
offoffglasscross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:27AM
1.52
3:32PM
1.36
3:45AM
1.47
4:49PM
1.39
4:59AM
1.48
5:53PM
1.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:23AM
0.31
9:47PM
0.54
10:35AM
0.33
11:05PM
0.52
11:44AM
0.30
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunrise---7:05-------7:03-------7:01----
Sunset------7:32-------7:34-------7:35-
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
heavy rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
---15102--1121------------
Temp. °C111246554355232-2-6-9-10-10-6-4-4-5
Feels °C (?)-4-3-5-5-5-3-2-1-2-2-10-5-4-5-9-13-16-16-16-11-8-9-10
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