Cow Bay surf break

Cow Bay surfForecast / Nova Scotia / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 pm Tuesday 24 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
1.4° 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 11PM is: 1.1m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.9m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 08:00pm March 24). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (ADT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Mar)--
Afternoon (24 Mar)--
Evening (24 Mar)4ft (1.2m)9s

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


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Tue
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
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 (?)
1.2
E
1.2
S
1.1
S
0.8
SSE
0.5
SSE
2
SSW
0.4
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.2
ESE
1.1
S
1.5
S
2.3
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
SE
3
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)1099996101099991045613131389101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)28724119210144231307773394312641933700000
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNW
5
WNW
15
WSW
20
WSW
25
SW
35
SW
30
WSW
30
W
30
W
15
W
10
W
5
WSW
15
S
25
S
30
S
45
S
45
SW
35
SW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SW
15
WNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossonononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:18AM
1.61
2:13PM
1.39
2:27AM
1.52
3:32PM
1.36
3:45AM
1.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:26PM
0.41
8:14AM
0.26
8:32PM
0.50
9:23AM
0.31
9:47PM
0.54
10:35AM
0.33
Tue
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sunrise-----7:07-------7:05-------7:03--
Sunset7:30-------7:30-------7:32-------
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light snow
light snow
Rain (mm)
--------------15111-443--
Temp. °C00-2-2003430-1-1035565544422
Feels °C (?)-7-4-8-9-7-9-5-5-6-6-6-5-5-4-3-5-4-3-2-2-20-3-4
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