Cow Bay surf break

Cow Bay surfForecast / Nova Scotia / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 pm Friday 27 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
1.1° 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 12AM is: 1.7m 9s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 08:00pm March 27). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.


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Fri
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
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Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.7
S
0.8
S
0.8
SSE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.4
SE
0.4
ESE
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1
SSW
0.4
ESE
1.4
SW
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
E
Period(s) (?)999988888888777456868888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)00484103845153606055372917122140856823122111165
Wind
(km/h)
25
NW
20
NW
15
N
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
10
N
0
W
5
NW
15
NNE
10
NE
5
NE
5
SSW
15
SSW
25
SW
20
SW
20
W
15
WSW
20
SW
25
SW
30
SW
30
SW
35
SW
35
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:49PM
1.39
4:59AM
1.48
5:53PM
1.45
6:02AM
1.51
6:44PM
1.54
6:55AM
1.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:05PM
0.52
11:44AM
0.30
12:15AM
0.45
12:44PM
0.26
1:13AM
0.36
1:34PM
0.22
Fri
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Sunrise-----7:01-------7:01-------6:58--
Sunset7:34-------7:35-------7:36-------
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C2-2-5-8-8-8-5-3-3-5-6-6-6-4-2-110-201124
Feels °C (?)-6-9-11-15-14-14-10-7-7-11-11-10-10-10-10-8-6-6-9-8-7-7-6-5
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  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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