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Cow Bay Surf Report and Forecast

Latest Conditions and Today's Tides

Swell

4ft @ 8secs
174°

Wind

10mph
45° -

Temperature

Sea 50°f    Air 47°f
 
 

Tides, sunrise and sunset at Halifax, Nova Scotia
Hours from midnight
First Light: 4:58am - Sunrise: 5:34am
Sunset: 8:47pm - Last Light 9:22pm
(Halifax, Nova Scotia - 8.9mi away) [Help]
low 5:03am 1ft
high 11:18am 5.4ft
low 5:10pm 2ft
high 11:15pm 5.6ft
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Swell Height
Swell Period Wind
Swell Chart Period Chart Wind Chart
Chart Region:  
Thu 05/24
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 5.3ft 9secs 179.74° 5.1ft 9secs 176.39° 0.3ft 13secs 104.54° 1.4ft 3secs 12.27°
3am 4.8ft 9secs 179.56° 4.6ft 9secs 176.05° 0.3ft 12secs 105.44° 1.4ft 3secs 17.72°
6am 4.4ft 9secs 178.37° 4.2ft 9secs 175.44° 0.3ft 12secs 107.73° 1.4ft 3secs 24.42°
9am 4.1ft 8secs 177.75° 3.9ft 8secs 174.32° 0.3ft 12secs 109.83° 1.3ft 3secs 34.45°
12pm 3.8ft 8secs 175.97° 3.6ft 8secs 172.32°       1.1ft 3secs 56.33°
3pm 3.7ft 8secs 173.65° 3.5ft 8secs 170.41°       1.4ft 3secs 101.49°
6pm 3.7ft 8secs 171.91° 3.3ft 8secs 169.32° 0.4ft 9secs 145° 1.6ft 4secs 111.25°
9pm 3.6ft 8secs 170.42° 2.5ft 8secs 181.85° 2.1ft 9secs 145.03° 1.6ft 4secs 102.18°
Fri 05/25
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 3.5ft 8secs 169.09° 2.3ft 9secs 147.12° 2.2ft 8secs 183.65° 1.4ft 4secs 91.24°
3am 3.4ft 8secs 167.77° 2.4ft 9secs 149.78° 1.9ft 8secs 186.97°      
6am 3.2ft 8secs 166.82° 2.6ft 9secs 140.47° 1.8ft 8secs 187.12°      
9am 3.1ft 8secs 167.06° 2.6ft 8secs 143.39° 1.6ft 8secs 190.02°      
12pm 3.1ft 8secs 168.75° 2.5ft 8secs 144.42° 1.6ft 8secs 189.42°      
3pm 3.1ft 8secs 170.89° 2.1ft 8secs 135.17° 1.8ft 7secs 185.84° 1.4ft 3secs 173.44°
6pm 3.2ft 7secs 172.9° 2.5ft 7secs 162.48° 0.8ft 6secs 91.47° 1.7ft 3secs 179.19°
9pm 3.2ft 7secs 173.93° 2.3ft 7secs 164.58° 0.9ft 6secs 92.13° 1.9ft 4secs 186.32°
Sat 05/26
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 3.2ft 7secs 172.39° 1.5ft 7secs 188.11° 1.4ft 8secs 143.51° 2.2ft 4secs 191.08°
3am 3.2ft 7secs 174.23° 1.4ft 7secs 188.2° 1.3ft 8secs 143.05° 2.4ft 4secs 194.56°
6am 3.3ft 7secs 173.63° 1.3ft 8secs 143.03° 0.8ft 7secs 96.71° 2.9ft 7secs 196.69°
9am 3.5ft 7secs 171.75° 1.2ft 8secs 143.15° 0.8ft 6secs 98.08° 3.3ft 5secs 200.35°
12pm 4ft 5secs 196.72° 1.1ft 8secs 140.99° 0.7ft 6secs 98.65° 3.7ft 5secs 202.74°
3pm 4.4ft 5secs 199.43° 0.3ft 10secs 134.89°       4.4ft 5secs 200.8°
6pm 4.5ft 6secs 194.14° 0.4ft 10secs 132.82°       4.5ft 6secs 204.25°
9pm 4.4ft 6secs 198.66° 0.4ft 10secs 134.13°       4.3ft 6secs 208.18°
Sun 05/27
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 4.1ft 6secs 201.88° 3.7ft 6secs 204.08° 0.4ft 10secs 131.33° 1.6ft 3secs 292.23°
3am 3.6ft 6secs 204.02° 3.2ft 6secs 205.56° 0.4ft 10secs 131.77° 1.7ft 3secs 311.43°
6am 3.2ft 6secs 204.8° 2.6ft 6secs 202° 0.4ft 10secs 132.41° 1.7ft 3secs 314.98°
9am 2.7ft 6secs 204.14° 2.2ft 6secs 200.2° 0.4ft 10secs 131.69° 1.5ft 3secs 318.54°
12pm 2.5ft 6secs 202.87° 1.6ft 6secs 213.44° 0.9ft 7secs 137.49° 1.4ft 3secs 305.75°
3pm 2.4ft 6secs 201.04° 1.4ft 6secs 212.66° 0.9ft 6secs 140.9° 1.6ft 3secs 292.17°
6pm 2.6ft 6secs 198.57° 1.3ft 6secs 212.77° 0.8ft 7secs 141.99° 1.9ft 3secs 291.19°
9pm 2.5ft 4secs 283.89° 1.1ft 6secs 212.79° 0.8ft 7secs 145.85° 2ft 4secs 287.77°
Mon 05/28
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 2.4ft 4secs 280.64° 0.9ft 6secs 214.68° 0.8ft 7secs 147.21° 1.9ft 4secs 282.46°
3am 2.2ft 6secs 194.26° 1.5ft 6secs 225.34° 0.7ft 7secs 142.76° 1.2ft 3secs 301.9°
6am 2ft 10secs 203.08° 1.4ft 6secs 223.64° 0.8ft 10secs 209.95° 0.8ft 3secs 307.56°
9am 1.9ft 9secs 204.67° 0.9ft 9secs 209.44° 0.7ft 7secs 151.45° 1.4ft 6secs 236.73°
12pm 1.9ft 9secs 203.78° 1.1ft 9secs 209.05° 1ft 6secs 215.8° 1.1ft 3secs 278.96°
3pm 2.1ft 9secs 204.03° 1.1ft 9secs 208.3° 0.9ft 6secs 213.27° 1.3ft 3secs 284.21°
6pm 2.1ft 9secs 202.8° 1.5ft 9secs 211.92° 0.7ft 7secs 147.4° 1.3ft 3secs 309.15°
9pm 2ft 9secs 202.91° 1.4ft 9secs 208.32° 0.5ft 9secs 137.65° 1.3ft 3secs 309.59°
Tue 05/29
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 1.9ft 8secs 202.28° 1.4ft 8secs 203.6° 0.4ft 13secs 148.05° 1ft 3secs 312.21°
3am 1.7ft 8secs 200.98° 1.3ft 8secs 206.7° 0.8ft 3secs 311.72°      
6am 1.5ft 8secs 200.85° 1.4ft 8secs 214.06° 0.5ft 13secs 147.42°      
9am 1.4ft 8secs 200.7° 1.2ft 8secs 208.16° 0.5ft 13secs 147.82°      
12pm 1.4ft 8secs 200.15° 1.2ft 8secs 203.54° 0.5ft 13secs 147.28°      
3pm 1.4ft 7secs 198.83° 1.1ft 7secs 206.13° 0.5ft 13secs 147.58° 0.5ft 2secs 221.49°
6pm 1.7ft 7secs 199.86° 0.5ft 13secs 147.36° 0.4ft 7secs 147.28° 1.5ft 7secs 205.1°
9pm 1.9ft 7secs 200.77° 1.2ft 7secs 201.13° 0.5ft 13secs 146.64° 1.4ft 3secs 207.41°
Wed 05/30
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 1.9ft 7secs 200.5° 1.3ft 7secs 203.3° 0.5ft 13secs 146.15° 1.3ft 3secs 205.54°
3am 1.7ft 7secs 201.27° 1.2ft 7secs 207.49° 0.5ft 13secs 146.97° 1ft 3secs 203.7°
6am 1.6ft 7secs 201.71° 1.2ft 7secs 207.49° 0.9ft 3secs 195.28°      
9am 1.8ft 7secs 204.56° 1.6ft 7secs 195.68° 0.6ft 13secs 143.88° 0.4ft 3secs 121.01°
12pm 2.4ft 7secs 209.94° 1.5ft 7secs 211.9° 0.6ft 13secs 143° 1.7ft 4secs 139.55°
3pm 3ft 7secs 211.51° 1.7ft 7secs 211.89° 0.6ft 13secs 143.26° 2.4ft 4secs 140.23°
6pm 3.2ft 6secs 197.52° 1.5ft 7secs 212.9° 0.6ft 12secs 142.92° 2.8ft 5secs 144.07°
9pm 3.4ft 6secs 169.56° 1.4ft 7secs 211.91° 0.6ft 12secs 143.47° 3.1ft 6secs 140.73°
Thu 05/31
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 5.4ft 7secs 216.05° 0.9ft 5secs 117.68° 0.7ft 12secs 143.53° 5.3ft 7secs 213.35°
3am 3.6ft 6secs 230.89° 3.5ft 6secs 229.38° 0.6ft 12secs 143.37°      
6am 3.6ft 6secs 230.89° 3.5ft 6secs 229.38° 0.6ft 12secs 143.37°      
9am 3.4ft 8secs 200.88° 2.5ft 8secs 205.71° 2.2ft 4secs 153.47°      
12pm 3.4ft 8secs 200.88° 2.5ft 8secs 205.71° 2.2ft 4secs 153.47°      
3pm 4.8ft 8secs 203.78° 3.7ft 7secs 206.43° 2.4ft 9secs 189.74°      
6pm 4.8ft 8secs 203.78° 3.7ft 7secs 206.43° 2.4ft 9secs 189.74°      
9pm 3.8ft 8secs 204.54° 2.3ft 8secs 212.2° 1.2ft 5secs 87.27° 2.7ft 3secs 18.76°
Fri 06/1
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 3.8ft 8secs 204.54° 2.3ft 8secs 212.2° 1.2ft 5secs 87.27° 2.7ft 3secs 18.76°
3am 4ft 8secs 194.06° 3.9ft 8secs 198.16° 0.6ft 5secs 66.54°      
6am 4ft 8secs 194.06° 3.9ft 8secs 198.16° 0.6ft 5secs 66.54°      
9am 4.1ft 8secs 198.96° 4ft 9secs 198.49° 0.6ft 5secs 67.82°      
12pm 4.1ft 8secs 198.96° 4ft 9secs 198.49° 0.6ft 5secs 67.82°      
3pm 4.7ft 8secs 210.08° 0.5ft 12secs 141.29° 0.3ft 18secs 144.45° 4.7ft 8secs 224.14°
6pm 4.7ft 8secs 210.08° 0.5ft 12secs 141.29° 0.3ft 18secs 144.45° 4.7ft 8secs 224.14°
9pm 4.9ft 8secs 204.1° 0.6ft 12secs 142.82° 0.4ft 16secs 143.13° 4.8ft 8secs 190.42°
Sat 06/2
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 4.9ft 8secs 204.1° 0.6ft 12secs 142.82° 0.4ft 16secs 143.13° 4.8ft 8secs 190.42°
3am 3.8ft 7secs 211.41° 2.2ft 7secs 209.21° 0.7ft 11secs 131.42° 3ft 5secs 218°
6am 3.8ft 7secs 211.41° 2.2ft 7secs 209.21° 0.7ft 11secs 131.42° 3ft 5secs 218°
9am 6.7ft 8secs 205.67° 0.5ft 16secs 142.98° 0.4ft 11secs 134.54° 6.6ft 8secs 203.99°
12pm 6.7ft 8secs 205.67° 0.5ft 16secs 142.98° 0.4ft 11secs 134.54° 6.6ft 8secs 203.99°
3pm 2.6ft 8secs 211.47° 2.5ft 8secs 219.55° 0.6ft 16secs 141.97°      
6pm 2.6ft 8secs 211.47° 2.5ft 8secs 219.55° 0.6ft 16secs 141.97°      
9pm 2.4ft 7secs 196.14° 1.6ft 6secs 170.45° 1.1ft 7secs 212.72° 0.3ft 2secs 207°
Sun 06/3
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 2.4ft 7secs 196.14° 1.6ft 6secs 170.45° 1.1ft 7secs 212.72° 0.3ft 2secs 207°

Last Model Run: 23rd May 2012 9:00pm
Last Update: 24th May 2012 10:09am
All times local time (AST) unless otherwise stated.
View Regional Wave BuoysNearby Wave Buoy Data
Halifax Harbor
(44258)
Swell3.5ft 9secs
Wind7mph 
9:00am Thu 24th May
La Have Bank
(44150)
Swell3.5ft 9secs
Wind13mph 
9:00am Thu 24th May
East Scotia Slope
(44137)
Swell5ft 8secs
Wind16mph 
8:00am Thu 24th May
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