Cotton Tree Surf Break

Lat Long: 6.75° N 11.38° W

Cotton Tree 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 12 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cotton Tree sea temperature is
27.9° C
0.6° 

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 (12 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (12 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 14s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 13s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Jul, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 13s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cotton Tree at 9AM is: 1.5m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 18s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am July 12). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jul)5ft (1.5m)14s
Afternoon (12 Jul)4.5ft (1.4m)13s
Evening (12 Jul)4ft (1.2m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 40mm), heaviest during Mon night. Warm (max 25°C on Sun morning, min 24°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.

Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wed
15
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
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.5
SSW
14
1.6
SSW
14
1.5
SSW
14
1.5
SSW
13
1.4
SSW
13
1.3
SSW
13
1.2
SSW
13
1.1
SSW
13
1.1
SSW
13
0.9
SSW
12
0.9
SSW
12
0.9
SSW
12
0.9
SSW
12
0.9
SSW
12
0.7
SSW
12
0.7
SSW
12
0.6
SSW
11
0.6
SSW
11
0.5
SSW
14
0.8
SSW
14
0.8
SSW
14
0.8
SSW
13
0.8
SSW
12
0.8
SSW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
930
988
825
746
642
547
468
390
378
271
263
258
210
206
150
145
100
97
116
213
207
198
169
164
Wind (km/h)
15
SW
10
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
25
S
25
S
Wind State
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
4:49AM1.20m
4:53PM1.14m
5:45AM1.30m
5:51PM1.18m
6:36AM1.39m
6:45PM1.20m
Low Tide
10:48AM0.29m
11:06PM0.06m
11:49AM0.22m
11:59PM0.01m
12:44PM0.16m
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cloud
cloud
cloud
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cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
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rain showers
thunderstorm
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thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:35
6:35
6:35
6:37
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:05
7:05
7:05
7:05
 mm
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
3
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
Temp °C
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
24
24
24
25
25
25
25
25
Feels °C
27
27
27
27
26
25
26
26
27
27
27
27
26
26
27
27
26
26
26
26
25
26
25
25
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