Cook Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 17.48° S 149.80° W

Cook Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 17 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Cook Bay sea temperature is
26.6°C
0.5° 

Cook Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Cook Bay today (17 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (17 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 4s period with N swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 4s period with NNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 11s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Cook Bay at 7PM is: 0.2m 11s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 17). An open ocean swell of 2.3m 14s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.5m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (-10) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)4s
Afternoon (17 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)4s
Evening (17 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Warm (max 26°C on Thu afternoon, min 21°C on Fri morning). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SSE on Thu night, light winds from the ESE by Sat night).

Thu
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
NNW
4
1
NNW
4
1.1
WNW
5
0.2
ENE
11
0.3
NNW
5
0.2
NNE
5
0.2
ENE
10
0.2
ENE
10
0.2
ENE
10
0.3
NE
10
0.3
NE
9
0.3
NE
9
0.2
N
10
0.3
NNE
9
0.3
NNE
9
0.3
NNE
9
0.2
NNE
9
0.2
NNE
9
0.2
NNE
9
0.2
NNE
9
0.2
NNE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
22
37
52
11
4
2
10
10
10
15
14
13
8
17
17
17
8
8
8
8
8
Wind (km/h)
30
NW
30
WNW
35
WSW
40
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
30
S
30
S
30
S
25
S
30
S
30
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
SE
15
SE
Wind State
cross-on
cross
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
1:43PM0.18m
1:27AM0.20m
1:07PM0.16m
00:55AM0.19m
11:48AM0.16m
Low Tide
8:07AM0.08m
7:13PM0.09m
7:43AM0.10m
6:12PM0.09m
6:25AM0.11m
5:31PM0.08m
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:52
5:50
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5:53
5:53
5:53
 mm
2
2
2
Temp °C
26
26
25
23
23
22
22
21
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
23
Feels °C
25
25
23
19
20
19
19
17
18
18
18
17
18
18
18
19
20
19
18
19
22
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