Cow Bay surf break

Cow Bay surfForecast / Nova Scotia / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 pm Friday 10 Apr 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
2.8° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Cow Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Cow Bay at 11PM is: 0.8m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:00pm April 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ADT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Apr)--
Afternoon (10 Apr)--
Evening (10 Apr)3ft (0.9m)7s

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


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Fri
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.9
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.2
SE
1.2
SE
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
0.8
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
1.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)77888999999989999910999105
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)54658098184193190242242237186190826562505055767170715863
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
S
20
SW
20
W
25
NW
25
WNW
30
WNW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
30
NW
25
NW
15
NW
10
NNE
5
NNW
5
SSW
10
SW
20
SSW
30
SSW
40
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:23PM
1.23
3:25AM
1.32
4:29PM
1.28
4:32AM
1.35
5:23PM
1.37
5:31AM
1.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:17PM
0.72
10:05AM
0.51
10:27PM
0.68
11:03AM
0.47
11:32PM
0.58
11:55AM
0.40
Fri
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Sunrise-----6:37-------6:35-------6:33--
Sunset7:51-------7:52-------7:53-------
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
------1----------------3
Temp. °C755456584432115785322322
Feels °C (?)21101103-3-3-5-5-6-7-4-120-1-2-2-3-6-8
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