Cow Bay surf break

Cow Bay surfForecast / Nova Scotia / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 am Monday 30 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
1.6° 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 6AM is: 1.1m 5s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 02:00am March 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ADT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Mar)5ft (1.5m)6s
Afternoon (30 Mar)0.5ft (0.1m)11s
Evening (30 Mar)--

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


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Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM
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 (?)
0.4
ESE
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.5
SSW
0.2
ESE
0.1
SE
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
3
SW
2.3
SSW
0.1
E
0.1
E
1.9
SSW
0.5
ENE
1.6
SSW
1.2
E
1.5
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.2
ESE
1
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
Period(s) (?)8656811888998893956666666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)23696013965000001105067131181223112764837
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
20
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
35
SSW
40
SSW
40
SW
30
SW
30
SW
15
W
10
WNW
5
NNW
10
NE
10
NE
15
NE
20
ENE
20
E
25
ESE
25
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:55AM
1.55
7:26PM
1.61
7:40AM
1.58
8:04PM
1.67
8:22AM
1.60
8:40PM
1.71
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:13AM
0.36
1:34PM
0.22
2:02AM
0.27
2:18PM
0.20
2:46AM
0.21
2:59PM
0.21
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Sunrise---6:58-------6:56-------6:54----
Sunset------7:37-------7:38-------7:39-
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light snow
cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
cloud
cloud
light snow
cloud
Rain (mm)
------2------1----------
Temp. °C-1-10134454754421-1-2-1-1-2-2-3-3-3
Feels °C (?)-8-7-7-6-6-6-6-2-33211-2-4-7-9-8-8-10-10-11-10-9
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