Cotton Tree Surf Break

Lat Long: 6.75° N 11.38° W

Cotton Tree 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 21 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 (21 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 12s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Aug, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 12s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cotton Tree at 10PM is: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.8m 5s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm August 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Aug)--
Afternoon (21 Aug)3.5ft (1.0m)12s
Evening (21 Aug)3ft (0.9m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 58mm), heaviest during Sun night. Warm (max 26°C on Fri afternoon, min 24°C on Sun morning). Wind will be generally light.

Fri
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
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
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
SSW
12
1
SSW
12
0.9
SSW
12
0.9
SSW
12
0.9
SSW
12
0.9
SSW
11
0.9
SSW
11
1.3
SSW
11
1.3
SSW
11
1.4
SSW
13
1.4
SSW
13
1.4
SSW
13
1.4
SSW
13
1.4
SSW
12
1.4
SSW
12
1.4
SSW
12
1.3
SSW
12
0.9
SSW
12
0.9
SSW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
269
269
218
215
207
183
180
387
380
613
643
594
585
567
549
522
437
196
193
Wind (km/h)
20
S
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
S
10
S
15
S
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
5
SSW
10
SSW
15
SW
20
SW
20
SW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
on
on
on
High Tide
1:09PM0.83m
2:40AM0.89m
2:38PM0.82m
3:50AM0.94m
3:48PM0.86m
Low Tide
7:27PM0.42m
8:37AM0.56m
8:50PM0.41m
9:59AM0.52m
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:39
6:39
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:57
6:57
6:57
 mm
1
2
1
3
3
4
3
3
3
3
4
5
Temp °C
26
26
26
26
26
26
25
26
26
26
25
25
25
25
24
24
24
24
24
Feels °C
27
28
28
28
28
29
28
28
27
28
27
28
28
28
27
27
26
25
26
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