Cow Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 44.61° N 63.43° W

Cow Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 8 pm 12 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cow Bay sea temperature is
18.9° C
2.3° 

Cow Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Cow Bay today (13 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (13 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 6s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 4s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 5s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cow Bay at 4AM is: 0.2m 13s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 08:00pm August 12). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (ADT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Aug)2.5ft (0.7m)6s
Afternoon (13 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)4s
Evening (13 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Warm (max 24°C on Sat afternoon, min 15°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Wed
12
Thursday
13
Friday
14
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
SSW
6
0.1
SE
14
0.2
E
11
0.2
E
13
0.8
SSW
6
0.7
SW
6
0.7
SW
6
0.8
SW
4
0.2
SSE
13
0.8
SSW
5
0.9
SW
5
0.7
SW
5
0.2
SSE
9
0.2
SSE
9
0.4
SW
6
0.3
S
7
0.2
SSE
9
0.2
SSE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
46
8
9
13
46
34
33
22
17
29
31
24
8
8
11
8
8
8
Wind (km/h)
15
WSW
10
W
10
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
SW
10
WNW
15
SSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
10
W
15
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
20
NNW
10
NW
Wind State
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-off
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
High Tide
8:34PM1.81m
9:12AM1.73m
9:22PM1.80m
9:56AM1.76m
Low Tide
3:22AM-0.00m
3:43PM0.17m
4:08AM-0.00m
4:32PM0.15m
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:13
6:13
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:23
8:22
8:21
 mm
3
5
1
Temp °C
24
20
19
17
17
19
22
17
17
17
17
16
16
17
19
23
22
19
Feels °C
22
19
18
16
16
18
20
17
16
16
17
16
16
16
17
21
19
18
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