Nova Scotia Surf

Detailed Nova Scotia surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Nova Scotia. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Nova Scotia. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Nova Scotia over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Nova Scotia and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Nova Scotia Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Nova Scotia Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Nova Scotia coastline are also listed below.

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	Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tue
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Nova Scotia	Western Head Point Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Scotts Bay Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Western Head Point Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Scotts Bay Nova Scotia
Rating	1	2	2	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	2	3	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	1.4 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.3 SE	1.0 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.5 SE	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSE	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.3 ESE	1.9 E	1.8 E	1.4 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	2.5 E
Period(s) (?)	-	11	9	9	8	9	10	9	9	7	7	8	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	7
Energy(?)	0	515	431	299	158	130	50	110	52	137	118	212	291	770	666	380	184	133	78	82	80	543
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	off	off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)		2:56PM 1.44		4:11AM 1.30	4:29PM 1.48		5:11AM 1.42	5:19PM 1.42		6:17AM 1.50		6:33PM 1.43	7:01AM 1.56		6:56PM 1.48	7:17AM 1.60		7:36PM 1.51	8:15AM 1.62		8:14PM 1.53	8:38AM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)	9:07AM 0.53		9:48PM 0.33	10:42AM 0.43		11:09PM 0.17	11:31AM 0.50		11:56PM 0.33		12:24PM 0.43	12:54AM 0.16		1:06PM 0.36	1:31AM 0.31		2:01PM 0.28	2:10AM 0.31		2:44PM 0.10	2:46AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9
High °C	13	14	12	16	16	12	12	14	11	13	13	11	12	13	11	14	15	12	12	13	13	16
Low °C	11	13	12	12	14	10	10	12	10	10	10	10	11	13	11	11	14	9	9	12	12	15
Chill °C (?)	12	14	12	16	16	10	10	12	8	11	11	8	10	11	8	13	14	11	12	12	11	14
Sunrise	7:31	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:39
Sunset	-	6:30	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:25	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:21	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.3 SE	1.0 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SE	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSE	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.3 ESE	1.9 E	1.8 E	1.4 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	11	11	9	9	8	9	8	9	9	7	7	8	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 S	0.7 SE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 S	0.5 SE	0.1 SW	0.1 E	0.4 SSE	0.3 SE	0.7 SE	0.1 SE	-	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SE	0.1 SE	-	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	-
Period (s)	11	10	10	9	9	8	10	7	10	8	9	9	12	-	11	10	10	10	-	9	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NE	0.8 ENE	1.0 E	0.9 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.8 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	0.8 N	0.4 NNW	0.5 N	0.4 N	0.2 NNW	-	0.6 E	2.5 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	-	3	7

	Tuesday 14						Wednesday 15								Thursday 16
	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Western Head Point Nova Scotia	Cherry Hill Nova Scotia	Scotts Bay Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Scotts Bay Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Western Head Point Nova Scotia	Western Head Point Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia
Rating	3	4	3	1	0	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.2 SE	-	1.7 SE	1.3 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.1 SE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SSE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	10	-	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	839	1060	939	273	0	554	331	281	239	296	259	245	185	145	130	127	97	95	125	127	104	74
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	on	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				2:57PM 1.37	3:16PM 1.51				4:06AM 1.38				4:29PM 1.48				5:11AM 1.42				5:19PM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)			9:07AM 0.53				9:48PM 0.33				10:19AM 0.54				10:56PM 0.35				11:43AM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	2
Temp. °C	9	8	12	13	13	12	11	11	11	11	16	18	15	12	10	10	11	11	12	13	12	11
Chill °C (?)	7	6	12	12	13	12	10	10	10	10	16	18	14	10	8	8	9	9	10	11	10	8
Sunrise	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.7 SE	1.3 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.1 SE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	11	11	10	11	10	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 SE	0.1 S	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.9 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 S	0.3 SSE	0.1 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	-	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	3	8	8	8	7	7	11	11	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.6 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.7 E	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	3	4	5	4	5

	Tuesday 14																				Wed
	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Western Head Point Nova Scotia	Cherry Hill Nova Scotia	Scotts Bay Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Scotts Bay Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Western Head Point Nova Scotia	Western Head Point Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia
Rating	3	4	3	1	0	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	-	-	1.8 SE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SE	1.4 SSE	1.6 SE	1.4 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	-	-	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	-	-	10	11	10	10	10	11	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	-	-	10	10
Energy(?)	959	854	839	0	0	1046	981	939	939	770	692	691	692	459	437	437	377	379	0	0	331	331
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)												2:57PM 1.37	3:16PM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)							9:07AM 0.53													10:10PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	9	9	11	11	11	9	11	12	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	8	7	7	9	9	9	8	11	12	12	12	12	14	14	13	13	11	11	12	11	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.8 SE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SE	1.4 SSE	1.6 SE	1.4 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	10	10	10	11	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.4 SSE	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 SSE	1.2 SE	1.0 S	1.2 SE	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-