Cow Bay surf break

Cow Bay surfForecast / Nova Scotia / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 pm Saturday 11 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
3.1° C
(Which is 1.3°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 9PM is: 1.2m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 02:00pm April 11). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (ADT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)--
Afternoon (11 Apr)4ft (1.2m)9s
Evening (11 Apr)4ft (1.2m)9s

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


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Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SE
1.2
SE
1.2
SE
1.2
SE
1.2
ESE
1.1
SE
0.9
ESE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
1.5
SSW
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
2
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)9999999999999109995999888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)23723724223721618611384835562657158857168125434121000
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
15
WSW
20
WNW
25
NW
25
WNW
25
NW
30
NW
25
NW
30
NW
25
NW
15
NW
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
S
10
SSW
20
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
30
SW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
10
WNW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:29PM
1.28
4:32AM
1.35
5:23PM
1.37
5:31AM
1.41
6:09PM
1.48
6:22AM
1.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:05AM
0.51
10:27PM
0.68
11:03AM
0.47
11:32PM
0.58
11:55AM
0.40
12:27AM
0.46
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Sunrise-------6:35-------6:33-------6:31
Sunset--7:52-------7:53-------7:54-----
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light snow
mod rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
11---------------621----
Temp. °C5783422258964333024678910
Feels °C (?)133-3-3-5-6-6-40321-1-1-3-8-6-403578
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