Cow Bay surf break

Cow Bay surfForecast / Nova Scotia / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Friday 03 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
1.2° 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 4PM is: 1.5m 6s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 08:00am April 03). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ADT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)4ft (1.2m)5s
Afternoon (03 Apr)5ft (1.5m)6s
Evening (03 Apr)5ft (1.6m)6s

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


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Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Mon
06
6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
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 (?)
1.1
E
1.2
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.6
SE
1.6
SE
1.3
ESE
1
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.7
ENE
0.7
E
0.8
E
1.2
ESE
1.7
SE
2
SE
2.3
SSE
2.5
S
0.1
E
0.1
E
Period(s) (?)5556666676777744456677810
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)69841111391822001268856372617771616195618331149776312
Wind
(km/h)
20
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
30
SE
25
SE
10
SSW
15
SW
20
SW
25
W
35
NNW
35
N
30
NNE
20
NNE
20
NE
15
ENE
15
ESE
25
SE
30
SE
35
SE
35
SSE
35
SSW
35
SW
25
SW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:39AM
1.59
9:50PM
1.71
10:17AM
1.56
10:26PM
1.67
10:56AM
1.50
11:03PM
1.62
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:04AM
0.16
4:12PM
0.29
4:41AM
0.18
4:47PM
0.35
5:17AM
0.23
5:22PM
0.43
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Mon
06
Sunrise-6:50-------6:50-------6:48------
Sunset----7:43-------7:44-------7:45---
cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
-----1-------------1113-
Temp. °C-3-2-2-2023581-111-3-5-5-2-1037655
Feels °C (?)-9-9-9-10-7-1-103-8-10-7-5-9-11-11-9-9-9-5-1-1-10
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