Cow Bay surf break

Cow Bay surfForecast / Nova Scotia / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 19 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
0.6° 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 1PM is: 0.5m 10s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am February 19). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 9s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Afternoon (19 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Evening (19 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)10s

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

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Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
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 (?)
0.9
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.2
ESE
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.1
E
0.7
E
0.8
ENE
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
S
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)1010101010101010121011111113131212125667109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)168987148303118181519222210131312123274336436885
Wind
(km/h)
20
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NW
15
NW
15
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
5
NW
5
W
10
SW
0
N
10
NE
20
NE
25
NNE
30
NNE
30
N
30
N
25
NNW
20
NW
40
NNW
40
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcrosscrossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:08AM
1.71
9:34PM
1.74
9:49AM
1.67
10:13PM
1.75
10:33AM
1.62
10:55PM
1.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:22AM
0.23
3:39PM
0.13
4:04AM
0.19
4:17PM
0.15
4:48AM
0.18
4:58PM
0.21
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
Sunrise-7:07-------7:05-------7:05------
Sunset----5:46-------5:47-------5:50---
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
snow showers
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C-4-4-100-2-4-4-6-7-4-1-1-2-4-7-9-9-7-6-7-7-1-2
Feels °C (?)-11-11-8-6-6-7-9-10-11-12-8-5-5-5-9-14-17-18-16-15-16-14-11-12
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