Cow Bay surf break

Cow Bay surfForecast / Nova Scotia / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Monday 20 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
3.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Cow Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Cow Bay at 2PM is: 0.9m 7s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 08:00am April 20). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 6s 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 cross-offshore.

Time (ADT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)7s
Afternoon (20 Apr)3ft (0.9m)7s
Evening (20 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)7s

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


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Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
ESE
1.1
SE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
ESE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.5
SW
0.6
WSW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)777777777777777887773333
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)146126968468595756494937373723262422111055763
Wind
(km/h)
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
NW
15
NW
10
NW
5
W
15
NNE
20
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
5
ESE
5
SW
5
WSW
5
NE
15
E
5
ENE
5
NNW
0
NW
10
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crossglasscross-
off
cross-
on
glassoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:03AM
1.64
11:13PM
1.82
11:57AM
1.57
12:06AM
1.71
12:57PM
1.49
1:06AM
1.60
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:13AM
-0.00
5:25PM
0.26
6:06AM
0.05
6:21PM
0.34
7:03AM
0.13
7:22PM
0.42
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
Sunrise-6:20-------6:20-------6:18------
Sunset----8:04-------8:05-------8:06---
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
2-----------------------
Temp. °C44688631-1034420-1-11444222
Feels °C (?)-2-20232-2-5-7-6-101-1-5-5-5-2-1-2-2-3-3-2
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