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Cow Bay surfForecast / Nova Scotia / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 14 Feb 2026 AST
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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 9AM is: 0.5m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am February 14). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)8s
Afternoon (14 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)8s
Evening (14 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.3
SE
0.5
E
0.9
ENE
1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
Period(s) (?)888888888888881010109788999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)232424363736353535343319171591091224107144189189153
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
W
10
WNW
15
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
SW
5
SSE
10
S
15
SSW
5
SSW
0
SSE
15
N
30
N
30
NNW
25
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
10
NNE
15
NE
10
ENE
15
E
20
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:39AM
1.49
6:22PM
1.38
6:25AM
1.57
7:04PM
1.47
7:07AM
1.63
7:42PM
1.56
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:50PM
0.63
12:35PM
0.38
12:39AM
0.55
1:15PM
0.30
1:22AM
0.47
1:52PM
0.23
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Sunrise---7:16-------7:13-------7:13----
Sunset------5:39-------5:40-------5:43-
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C-6-6-7-7-3-10-1-2-1-1-2000-3-4-5-5-4-3-1-1-2
Feels °C (?)-12-11-12-12-9-6-5-5-6-6-6-6-3-6-8-12-12-11-10-9-8-6-6-8
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