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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	Tue		Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tue
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Summerville Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Western Head Point Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Scotts Bay Nova Scotia	Hirtle's Beach (Hartling Bay) Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia
Rating	2	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.3 SE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 E	1.3 E	0.3 SE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.2 E	1.6 E	2.3 E
Period(s) (?)	11	9	9	8	8	9	9	6	7	7	8	10	10	10	9	10	9	9	9	9	6	7
Energy(?)	515	431	299	145	109	105	112	167	143	170	299	628	586	514	320	16	106	120	109	250	155	469
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			4:20AM 1.39	4:19PM 1.34		5:11AM 1.42	5:19PM 1.42		6:17AM 1.50		6:33PM 1.43	7:05AM 1.53		6:56PM 1.48	7:17AM 1.60		8:02PM 1.52	7:51AM 1.64		8:42PM 1.54	8:38AM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)		9:54PM 0.33	10:19AM 0.54		10:56PM 0.35	11:31AM 0.50		11:56PM 0.33		12:36PM 0.66	12:54AM 0.16		1:06PM 0.36	1:31AM 0.31		2:08PM 0.16	2:16AM 0.20		2:39PM 0.23	2:51AM 0.23		2:56PM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	12	16	15	11	13	12	11	13	14	12	13	14	11	13	14	14	13	13	13	14	15
Low °C	14	11	12	14	9	11	12	10	10	11	11	12	13	10	11	13	12	12	12	13	13	14
Chill °C (?)	15	12	16	14	8	11	10	9	10	12	10	11	12	8	11	14	14	11	11	11	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:35	-
Sunset	6:30	-	-	6:29	-	-	6:27	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:29	-	-	6:21	-	-	6:19
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.3 SE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 E	1.3 E	1.3 ENE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	11	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	7	7	8	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 E	0.4 SSE	0.1 SE	0.9 SE	-	-	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	-	0.3 SE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	9	9	10	7	7	10	9	15	10	-	-	11	10	10	-	9	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.5 NNE	0.5 NE	0.8 ENE	1.2 E	1.0 NNE	1.0 NNE	0.9 NNE	1.0 N	0.9 N	0.8 N	0.7 N	-	0.3 NNE	0.2 NNE	-	1.2 E	1.6 E	2.3 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	6	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	-	3	2	-	9	6	7

	Tuesday 14				Wednesday 15								Thursday 16								Fri
	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Cherry Hill Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Scotts Bay Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Summerville Nova Scotia	Scotts Bay Nova Scotia	Scotts Bay Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Western Head Point Nova Scotia	Western Head Point Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Western Head Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia
Rating	3	0	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SSE	-	1.5 SE	1.7 SE	1.3 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SE	0.7 SSE	1.2 ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	-	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	6
Energy(?)	939	0	510	554	331	281	239	296	259	277	274	249	153	129	122	155	168	110	156	120	71	165
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	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	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			3:16PM 1.51				4:06AM 1.38				4:19PM 1.34				5:11AM 1.42				5:19PM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)	9:07AM 0.53				9:48PM 0.33				10:19AM 0.54				10:49PM 0.36				11:43AM 0.38				11:47PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	1	2	1	-	-
Temp. °C	12	14	13	12	11	11	11	12	16	17	15	11	11	11	11	10	11	12	12	11	10	10
Chill °C (?)	12	14	13	12	10	10	9	11	16	17	15	8	9	10	9	8	8	10	10	8	8	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SE	1.7 SE	1.3 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.8 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.9 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 S	0.3 SSE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 SW	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	15	14	14	8	8	7	12	11	7	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 NNW	-	-	0.3 NE	0.6 NE	0.9 NE	0.8 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 E	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	2	3	4	4	5	5	6	6

	Tuesday 14														Wednesday 15
	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Cherry Hill Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Scotts Bay Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Summerville Nova Scotia	Scotts Bay Nova Scotia	Scotts Bay Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Western Head Point Nova Scotia	Western Head Point Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Backyards Nova Scotia	Western Head Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia
Rating	3	0	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SSE	-	1.6 SE	1.7 SE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.5 SE	1.5 SE	1.7 SE	1.7 SE	1.7 SE	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	-	1.4 SE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	-	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE
Period(s) (?)	11	-	10	10	11	11	10	9	9	10	10	9	10	10	10	-	9	10	10	-	10	10
Energy(?)	981	0	770	850	567	515	500	510	510	644	588	554	378	378	331	0	314	281	246	0	251	251
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						2:56PM 1.44														4:11AM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)	9:07AM 0.53												9:40PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	12	13	14	14	15	15	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11
Chill °C (?)	9	10	12	13	14	15	15	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	9	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SE	1.7 SE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.5 SE	1.5 SE	1.7 SE	1.7 SE	1.7 SE	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	11	11	10	9	9	10	10	9	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	9	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 S	0.1 SW	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.9 SE	0.7 SE	0.5 S	0.4 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-