Cotton Tree Surf Break

Lat Long: 6.75° N 11.38° W

Cotton Tree 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 pm 02 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Cotton Tree sea temperature is
27.3°C
0.5° 

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


How big are the waves at Cotton Tree today (03 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (03 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 10s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 10s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 9s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Cotton Tree at 8AM is: 1.3m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm September 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Afternoon (03 Sep)4ft (1.2m)10s
Evening (03 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)9s

Table - waves today at Cotton Tree. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 45mm), heaviest during Fri morning. Warm (max 26°C on Wed night, min 24°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Thursday
3
Friday
4
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
S
11
1.3
S
11
1.3
S
11
1.3
S
10
1.3
S
10
1.2
S
10
1.2
S
10
1.2
S
10
1.1
S
9
1.1
S
9
1
S
9
1
S
9
1
S
9
1
S
9
0.9
S
9
1
S
9
0.9
S
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
396
432
384
367
347
296
290
290
211
211
164
171
173
166
139
168
136
Wind (km/h)
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SE
10
S
15
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
WSW
15
SW
20
WSW
15
WSW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
High Tide
10:17PM1.09m
10:22AM1.10m
11:20PM1.03m
11:26AM1.00m
Low Tide
4:15AM0.33m
4:50PM0.23m
5:17AM0.41m
5:54PM0.29m
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6:37
6:37
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6:51
6:51
 mm
2
3
1
2
6
7
4
1
1
Temp °C
26
26
25
25
25
26
26
26
26
26
25
24
24
25
25
25
25
Feels °C
29
28
27
27
28
29
28
28
28
28
27
27
28
28
27
26
27
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