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Cow Bay surfForecast / Nova Scotia / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 pm Wednesday 18 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
0.9° 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 10PM is: 1.5m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 02:00pm March 18). An open ocean swell of 1.8m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (ADT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Mar)--
Afternoon (18 Mar)10ft (3.0m)11s
Evening (18 Mar)5ft (1.5m)10s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
4
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
S
3
S
2.5
S
1.5
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.8
S
1.5
SE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
1.4
SE
1.4
SE
1.4
SE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
Period(s) (?)1111111010101099998888888888789
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)22361870157742748039463736716812411626622621019319820320217511058577188
Wind
(km/h)
25
WNW
20
WNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
N
10
E
15
E
20
E
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
10
E
5
E
0
S
5
SSW
15
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:47PM
1.75
9:05AM
1.71
9:25PM
1.82
9:47AM
1.72
10:05PM
1.85
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:50PM
0.17
3:16AM
0.17
3:29PM
0.13
3:59AM
0.09
4:10PM
0.13
4:43AM
0.06
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunrise-------7:18-------7:16-------7:15
Sunset--7:22-------7:23-------7:24-----
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C-4-2-2-4-4-4-4-3-2-2-2-4-3-4-4-301101111
Feels °C (?)-12-9-9-10-9-9-10-10-9-9-8-10-8-8-7-7-6-5-5-6-4-4-3-3
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