Minutes surfForecast / Nova Scotia / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Tuesday 19 Aug 2025 ADT
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Minutes surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Minutes sea temperature is
19.8° C
(Which is 3.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Minutes today?

The current surf forecast for Minutes at 11AM is: 0.3m 13s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 08:00am August 19). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (ADT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Aug)1ft (0.3m)13s
Afternoon (19 Aug)1ft (0.3m)12s
Evening (19 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)16s

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

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Tuesday
19
Wednesday
20
Thursday
21
Fri
22
6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
0
2
2
2
2
3
0
0
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
S
0.4
S
0.6
S
0.4
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
1
S
1
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.5
S
1.3
S
1.4
S
1.5
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.7
S
1.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)131312121616151814161616161515141414141314141418
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)53444660821082222243894015145835996387517659059861128992979108512372306
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
20
NNW
20
N
15
N
15
N
15
NNE
10
NNE
5
N
5
N
5
NNE
5
SE
15
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
W
10
W
10
N
10
NNE
10
E
5
SE
5
SW
5
SSW
5
N
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:33AM
1.37
5:43PM
1.57
6:34AM
1.43
6:41PM
1.61
7:26AM
1.50
7:32PM
1.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:45AM
0.50
12:36AM
0.26
12:53PM
0.45
1:34AM
0.20
1:51PM
0.39
2:24AM
0.15
Tuesday
19
Wednesday
20
Thursday
21
Fri
22
Sunrise-6:20-------6:20-------6:22------
Sunset----8:13-------8:10-------8:09---
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C121418202015141312131718181716151314181818171615
Feels °C (?)8101315151111119111514141513131112161617171513
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Nova Scotia

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still offshore at Minutes (light winds from the NNW.(Wind varies from 300 to 010 degs) at Shearwater Airport 7 km from Minutes). 0.3m 10s swell from the SSE with a 0.3m 8s swell from the ESE and a 0.2m 12s groundswell from the S. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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19 km/h
NNW
Offshore
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