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Cow Bay surfForecast / Nova Scotia / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Friday 16 Jan 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
3.0° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)
Time (AST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)--
Afternoon (17 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)10s
Evening (17 Jan)--

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
1
0
0
2
2
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
S
5
SSW
4
SSW
0.3
E
0.2
E
3
S
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
1.8
S
2.1
S
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
S
2.3
S
2.2
S
2
S
1
SE
1
SSE
1.7
S
1.5
S
0.9
SE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
Period(s) (?)10111213121211111110109999998888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)275100281221710073692600105182875361314814039629886745735
Wind
(km/h)
50
W
40
WNW
30
WNW
25
W
15
W
15
SW
20
SSW
25
SSW
20
S
25
S
40
SSW
30
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
15
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
5
S
10
NNE
10
N
15
WNW
20
W
25
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:46PM
1.38
6:48AM
1.60
7:28PM
1.43
7:29AM
1.64
8:08PM
1.49
8:09AM
1.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:04AM
0.55
1:45PM
0.29
1:46AM
0.51
2:23PM
0.24
2:26AM
0.46
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise-----7:46-------7:45-------7:43--
Sunset5:00-------5:00-------5:01-------
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
light snow
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
---------14----1--------
Temp. °C-3-4-4-4-5-4023576433333101011
Feels °C (?)-15-15-13-12-11-10-7-6-3-1-2-1-1-1-1-1-2-1-2-4-3-5-6-6
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