Cow Bay surf break

Cow Bay surfForecast / Nova Scotia / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 pm Thursday 02 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
1.1° 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 5PM is: 1.2m 6s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 02:00pm April 02). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ADT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)--
Afternoon (02 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)5s
Evening (02 Apr)4ft (1.2m)5s

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


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Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSE
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.3
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.6
SE
1.6
SE
1.4
SE
1.3
SSW
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
E
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.8
E
1.1
ESE
1.6
SE
Period(s) (?)756555566666667777664445
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)52678982697085106136177188213172115705135252243172140129
Wind
(km/h)
20
E
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
E
20
E
20
E
20
E
25
ESE
25
SE
25
SE
20
SE
10
SE
15
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
30
NNW
35
N
30
NNE
20
NNE
20
NE
15
ENE
20
ESE
30
SE
30
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcrosscrosscrossoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:01AM
1.61
9:15PM
1.72
9:39AM
1.59
9:50PM
1.71
10:17AM
1.56
10:26PM
1.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:36PM
0.24
4:04AM
0.16
4:12PM
0.29
4:41AM
0.18
4:47PM
0.35
5:17AM
0.23
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Sunrise-------6:50-------6:50-------6:48
Sunset--7:40-------7:43-------7:44-----
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light snow
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C-1-1-2-3-3-3-3-3-2-1023581-111-3-5-4-2-1
Feels °C (?)-7-8-8-9-9-9-9-10-10-8-6-2-203-7-10-7-5-9-11-10-10-10
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