Cow Bay surf break

Cow Bay surfForecast / Nova Scotia / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 pm Monday 06 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
1.8° 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 4AM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 08:00pm April 06). An open ocean swell of 1.7m 9s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.5m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (ADT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)1ft (0.3m)8s
Afternoon (07 Apr)--
Evening (07 Apr)2ft (0.6m)4s

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


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Mon
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SW
0.9
SSW
0.1
E
0.8
SSW
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.7
SE
0.8
S
0.6
S
0.4
SSE
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
Period(s) (?)7878789944812877777656656
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)544926201490091003054704661321599555
Wind
(km/h)
25
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
10
W
15
SSW
20
SW
10
SSW
5
ESE
10
NE
15
N
20
N
15
NNW
15
WNW
15
NW
10
NNW
5
NW
0
W
5
WSW
5
WSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffglassglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:42PM
1.54
12:21PM
1.36
12:24AM
1.46
1:11PM
1.29
1:14AM
1.39
2:13PM
1.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:57PM
0.51
6:33AM
0.37
6:35PM
0.59
7:16AM
0.44
7:18PM
0.66
8:06AM
0.49
Mon
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Sunrise-----6:43-------6:41-------6:41--
Sunset7:45-------7:47-------7:49-------
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C7310-1-12320-1-1-2-22432211134
Feels °C (?)0-3-4-6-7-8-3-3-5-4-5-5-7-8-4-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2
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