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Cow Bay surf break

Cow Bay surfForecast / Nova Scotia / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Thursday 12 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
1.1° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Cow Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Cow Bay at 11AM is: 0.2m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 08:00am March 12). An open ocean swell of 2.0m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ADT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Mar)2ft (0.6m)6s
Afternoon (12 Mar)0.5ft (0.1m)12s
Evening (12 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)11s

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

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16 DaysHourly
Print Table
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sun
15
6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
S
0.6
E
0.2
ESE
0.1
SE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
2
S
1.6
SSE
2
S
1.9
S
0.2
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
2.2
SSW
0.1
E
1.4
S
1.2
S
2.5
S
3
S
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
4
SW
2.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)66912111111899999910129988991010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6924961212115464426496017220333224089911980000
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
15
SW
15
NW
25
NW
25
WNW
30
WNW
35
W
30
W
20
W
15
SW
15
SW
20
S
20
SE
40
ESE
30
SW
35
SW
35
SW
30
W
35
NW
30
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:01PM
1.19
4:08AM
1.33
5:09PM
1.23
5:13AM
1.38
6:04PM
1.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:49AM
0.56
9:53PM
0.73
11:00AM
0.54
11:09PM
0.70
12:02PM
0.48
12:14AM
0.63
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sun
15
Sunrise-7:31-------7:30-------7:28------
Sunset----7:15-------7:15-------7:16---
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cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
mod rain
light snow
light snow
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
cloud
mod snow
mod rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
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part cloud
Rain (mm)
--11--7-----------6-----
Temp. °C5787654-1-3-4-3000-10014431-2-3
Feels °C (?)012001-1-8-10-13-13-9-7-6-7-6-6-8-3-4-5-7-11-11
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