Scotts Bay surfForecast / Nova Scotia / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 am Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 ADT
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Scotts Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Scotts Bay sea temperature is
19.0° C
(Which is 4.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Scotts Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Scotts Bay at 5AM is: 0.4m 11s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 02:00am September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (ADT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)7s
Afternoon (17 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Evening (17 Sep)1ft (0.3m)9s

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

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Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.7
SE
Period(s) (?)111111799999999999888888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)181829131222311431302141294038354646545455555358
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
5
NNE
0
NNW
0
N
10
S
15
SSW
15
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
W
10
W
15
W
15
W
15
WNW
15
NW
20
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:46AM
1.28
5:52PM
1.41
6:47AM
1.38
6:50PM
1.48
7:32AM
1.48
7:39PM
1.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:31PM
0.15
11:57AM
0.39
12:30AM
0.11
12:56PM
0.33
1:23AM
0.07
1:48PM
0.26
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sunrise---6:58-------7:00-------7:01----
Sunset------7:25-------7:23-------7:22-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181716161920181716151617202120181716161721232117
Feels °C (?)171717171818151514141618191919181716161720211813
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Nova Scotia

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Scotts Bay (light winds from the N at Western Head Airport 4 km from Scotts Bay). 0.3m 7s swell from the ESE with a 0.3m 9s swell from the SE and a 0.3m 7s swell from the SSE. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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N
Clean
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