Cow Bay surf break

Cow Bay surfForecast / Nova Scotia / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 am Saturday 04 Apr 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 6AM is: 0.9m 6s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 02:00am April 04). An open ocean swell of 1.5m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (ADT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)7s
Afternoon (04 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)7s
Evening (04 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
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 (?)
1.5
SE
1.3
SSW
0.9
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.7
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
E
0.9
E
1.2
ESE
1.7
SE
2.2
SE
2.4
SSE
2.5
S
0.2
ENE
0.2
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
2.4
SSW
3
SSW
Period(s) (?)666777774745667788814141389
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1721046045362422402462245917838453869165144400
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
20
SW
20
W
35
NNW
35
N
30
NNE
20
NNE
20
NE
15
E
20
ESE
25
SE
30
SE
35
SE
35
SSE
35
SSW
30
SW
25
SW
20
SW
15
SW
20
SW
20
W
25
WSW
20
W
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:50PM
1.71
10:17AM
1.56
10:26PM
1.67
10:56AM
1.50
11:03PM
1.62
11:37AM
1.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:41AM
0.18
4:47PM
0.35
5:17AM
0.23
5:22PM
0.43
5:54AM
0.29
5:57PM
0.51
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Sunrise---6:50-------6:48-------6:46----
Sunset------7:44-------7:45-------7:45-
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cloud
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light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-------------112622-----
Temp. °C3570-111-3-5-4-2-2037665556664
Feels °C (?)-202-9-10-7-5-9-11-10-9-10-9-5-1-10010100-1
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