Cotton Tree Surf Break

Lat Long: 6.75° N 11.38° W

Cotton Tree 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 06 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cotton Tree sea temperature is
27.2° C
0.4° 

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 (06 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Aug, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 12s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Aug, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 12s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cotton Tree at 11PM is: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.8m 5s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm August 06). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Aug)--
Afternoon (06 Aug)3ft (0.9m)12s
Evening (06 Aug)3ft (0.9m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 53mm), heaviest during Sat night. Warm (max 26°C on Thu afternoon, min 24°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
6
Friday
7
Saturday
8
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SSW
12
0.9
SSW
12
0.9
SSW
12
0.9
SSW
12
0.9
SSW
12
0.9
SSW
12
0.9
SSW
12
0.9
SSW
12
0.9
SSW
12
0.6
S
12
0.9
SSW
11
0.9
SSW
11
0.8
SSW
11
1
S
11
1
S
11
1
S
11
0.8
S
11
0.8
S
10
1.3
SSW
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
213
258
240
244
244
240
236
232
232
103
217
205
161
235
231
231
143
135
320
Wind (km/h)
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
15
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
Wind State
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
on
on
on
High Tide
00:58AM0.98m
1:00PM1.02m
2:24AM1.01m
2:28PM1.00m
Low Tide
6:20PM0.27m
6:44AM0.45m
7:33PM0.27m
8:13AM0.45m
8:50PM0.24m
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<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>
7:02
7:01
7:01
 mm
1
2
3
3
4
3
2
1
1
1
2
3
2
2
1
Temp °C
26
25
25
25
24
25
24
25
25
26
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
Feels °C
27
26
27
28
26
28
27
27
26
27
25
25
25
26
26
27
27
27
27
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