Cow Bay surf break

Cow Bay surfForecast / Nova Scotia / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 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 11AM is: 0.7m 7s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 08:00am April 04). An open ocean swell of 1.3m 7s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.9m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (ADT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)6s
Afternoon (04 Apr)2ft (0.6m)7s
Evening (04 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)6s

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


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Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tue
07
6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM
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 (?)
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.9
ESE
1.2
SE
1.7
SE
2.2
SE
2.5
SSE
2.5
S
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
2.4
SSW
0.1
E
1.2
SSE
1
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
Period(s) (?)6677766645667778814888887
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)60473534324859392565177376583763560417112958412318
Wind
(km/h)
20
W
35
NNW
35
N
30
NNE
20
NNE
20
NE
15
ENE
15
ESE
20
SE
30
SE
30
SE
35
SSE
35
SSW
30
SW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
W
15
W
20
W
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:17AM
1.56
10:26PM
1.67
10:56AM
1.50
11:03PM
1.62
11:37AM
1.44
11:42PM
1.54
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
Tue
07
Sunrise-6:50-------6:48-------6:46------
Sunset----7:44-------7:45-------7:45---
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------111331-------
Temp. °C50-111-3-5-4-2-103766555677420
Feels °C (?)0-9-10-7-5-9-11-9-8-9-8-5-1-10000001-2-4-5
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