Cotton Tree Surf Break

Lat Long: 6.75° N 11.38° W

Cotton Tree 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 am 11 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cotton Tree sea temperature is
27.2° 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 (11 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 12s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 12s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Aug, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 12s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Cotton Tree at 5PM is: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.9m 5s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am August 11). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Aug)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Afternoon (11 Aug)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Evening (11 Aug)3ft (0.9m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 32mm), heaviest during Thu night. Warm (max 25°C on Tue morning, min 24°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
11
Wednesday
12
Thursday
13
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
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 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
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
SSW
12
0.7
SSW
12
0.7
SSW
12
0.9
S
12
0.9
S
12
0.9
S
11
0.9
S
11
1.1
S
11
1
S
11
1
S
10
0.9
S
10
0.9
S
10
0.6
SSW
18
0.6
SSW
18
0.6
SSW
18
0.6
SSW
16
1.2
SSW
10
0.7
SW
16
0.7
SW
16
0.7
SSW
15
0.7
SW
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
150
147
147
224
220
209
195
279
223
218
167
164
211
214
211
177
268
264
261
196
220
Wind (km/h)
15
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
20
SW
Wind State
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
High Tide
5:47PM1.17m
6:23AM1.43m
6:36PM1.22m
7:07AM1.49m
7:21PM1.24m
Low Tide
11:46AM0.21m
11:49PM0.05m
12:35PM0.14m
00:35AM0.02m
1:20PM0.10m
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light rain
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:39
6:39
6:39
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:00
7:00
7:00
 mm
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
2
1
1
1
Temp °C
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
24
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
Feels °C
26
26
25
25
25
26
26
25
27
26
25
25
25
25
26
26
26
26
25
25
26
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