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Ballantyne's Cove Beach

Nova Scotia · Canada

IntermediateBeach break45.860, -61.917

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Ballantyne's Cove Beach is a NE-facing sand beach on the Labrador Sea coastline near Nova Scotia — it picks up N–E swell and turns cleanest in a S–W wind, with the most consistent surf through april–october.

10-day forecast

Local time · updates hourly

Wave height & period

HeightPeriod

Wind

SpeedGusts
TimeRatingWavesSwellWindAir

Water temperature by month

This month: ~13.7°C (56.7°F) on average

Jan

1.3°C

34.3°F · -1.3–4.2°C

Feb

-0.6°C

30.9°F · -1.5–0.8°C

Mar

-0.7°C

30.7°F · -1.5–0.6°C

Apr

0.4°C

32.7°F · -1.4–5.2°C

May

5.3°C

41.5°F · -0.9–9.9°C

Jun

11.3°C

52.3°F · 6.9–14.9°C

Jul

16.8°C

62.2°F · 13.5–19.5°C

Aug

19.4°C

66.9°F · 17.4–21.6°C

Sep

17.6°C

63.7°F · 14.8–20.2°C

Oct

13.7°C

56.7°F · 10.2–16.3°C

Nov

9.4°C

48.9°F · 6.8–12.9°C

Dec

4.9°C

40.8°F · 0.8–7.9°C

25-year monthly averages from the NOAA OISST satellite record — typical range min–max, not a live reading.

Know before you go

Best swell

N–E

Best wind

S–W

Break type

Beach break

Best season

April–October

Safety: Friendly by surf standards, but rip currents and drop-in etiquette still apply. Shifting sandbars create moving rip currents — learn to spot them and use them to get out back.

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