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Cow Bay surfForecast / Nova Scotia / Canada
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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
6.5° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Cow Bay today?
The current surf forecast for Cow Bay at 4AM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 08:00pm May 19). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (ADT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (20 May) | 1ft (0.3m) | 9s |
| Afternoon (20 May) | 1ft (0.3m) | 9s |
| Evening (20 May) | 0.5ft (0.2m) | 9s |
Table - waves today at Cow Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 21°C on Wed night, min 7°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tue 19 | Wednesday 20 | Thursday 21 | Friday 22 | |||||||||||||||||||||
6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | |
Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
SSW 6 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SE 9 | SE 12 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 8 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SE 15 | S 15 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 11 | S 13 | SE 11 | SE 13 | SE 13 | SE 13 | |
57 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 6 | 16 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | |
High Tide | 10:59PM1.82m | 11:47AM1.60m | 11:54PM1.71m | 12:48PM1.55m | 00:53AM1.60m | 1:52PM1.51m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 5:16PM0.28m | 5:55AM0.02m | 6:14PM0.33m | 6:51AM0.09m | 7:14PM0.39m | 7:47AM0.17m | ||||||||||||||||||
— | — | — | 5:41 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:39 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:39 | — | — | — | — | |
8:37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:42 | |
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Temp °C | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 14 |
13 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 7 | SSW 6 | SSW 7 | SSW 7 | SSW 7 | SSW 8 | SSE 9 | SE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSW 7 | SSW 7 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SW 7 | SW 7 | SW 7 | SSW 7 | SSW 7 |
11 | 122 | 149 | 191 | 203 | 232 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 297 | 207 | 178 | 142 | 120 | 120 | 123 | 101 | 72 | 54 | 53 | 39 | 32 | 18 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SE 9 | SE 12 | SSE 9 | SE 12 | S 15 | SE 15 | SE 15 | SSE 9 | SSE 8 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 10 |
15 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 6 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 7 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 12 | — | SE 12 | — | SE 15 | — | — | SE 15 | SE 15 | SE 15 | SE 15 | SE 15 | S 15 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 11 | S 13 | E 6 | SE 13 | SE 13 | SE 13 |
5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | — | 6 | — | 8 | — | — | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 6 | SW 6 | SW 7 | — | SW 7 | — | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SW 7 | SW 7 | SW 7 | NW 3 | NW 3 | NW 3 | NW 3 | SW 8 | WSW 4 | WNW 3 | W 3 | WNW 3 | NNW 2 | WNW 2 | W 3 | W 4 |
57 | 240 | 237 | — | 309 | — | 215 | 260 | 340 | 394 | 396 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 205 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 592 | 23 | 615 | 0 | 0 | 124 | 983 | 983 | 592 | 592 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 1459 | 1472 | 1429 |
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