Cotton Tree Surf Break

Lat Long: 6.75° N 11.38° W

Cotton Tree 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 pm 20 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Cotton Tree sea temperature is
27.8°C
0.8° 

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 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (21 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 11s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 14s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 11s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Cotton Tree at 8AM is: 1.1m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm September 20). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Afternoon (21 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)14s
Evening (21 Sep)4ft (1.2m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 81mm), heaviest during Tue morning. Warm (max 26°C on Sun night, min 24°C on Tue morning). Wind will be generally light.

Monday
21
Tuesday
22
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
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
S
10
1
S
10
1
S
10
1
S
11
1.1
S
11
1.2
S
14
1.4
SSW
14
1.4
SSW
14
1.2
S
11
0.9
SSW
13
0.8
SSW
13
0.9
SSW
13
0.8
SSW
13
0.8
SSW
13
1.6
SSW
6
1.7
SSW
6
1.6
SSW
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
206
202
206
244
289
590
752
752
350
257
195
246
198
198
173
200
185
Wind (km/h)
15
WSW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
15
W
15
W
20
W
15
W
15
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
SW
15
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
Wind State
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
High Tide
3:15AM0.95m
3:23PM0.85m
4:04AM1.04m
4:13PM0.93m
Low Tide
8:05PM0.46m
9:33AM0.52m
9:17PM0.41m
10:20AM0.45m
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light rain
thunderstorm
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
thunderstorm
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:35
6:33
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:42
6:40
 mm
1
2
4
2
3
4
3
2
3
4
5
7
13
5
3
4
Temp °C
26
26
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
24
24
25
26
26
Feels °C
27
28
27
27
28
27
27
27
27
28
28
27
27
26
25
26
26
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