Cotton Tree Surf Break

Lat Long: 6.75° N 11.38° W

Cotton Tree 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 16 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cotton Tree sea temperature is
27.7° 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 (16 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 6s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 18s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 18s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cotton Tree at 1PM is: 0.5m 17s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.1m 6s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 1.0m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00am July 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jul)3.5ft (1.1m)6s
Afternoon (16 Jul)2.5ft (0.7m)18s
Evening (16 Jul)2.5ft (0.8m)18s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 46mm), heaviest during Sat night. Warm (max 25°C on Thu morning, min 24°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
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
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
SSW
6
0.7
SSW
10
1.1
SW
6
0.5
SSW
17
0.7
SSW
18
0.8
SSW
18
0.8
SSW
18
0.7
SSW
18
0.5
SSW
17
0.5
SSW
16
0.8
SSW
16
0.8
SSW
16
0.8
SSW
16
0.7
SSW
16
0.9
SSW
16
0.9
SSW
16
0.8
SSW
15
1
SSW
15
0.9
SSW
14
0.6
SSW
15
0.6
SSW
15
0.9
SSW
14
1
SSW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
148
90
101
172
273
352
352
270
170
153
291
291
288
223
357
348
252
405
371
167
167
366
384
Wind (km/h)
10
SSW
10
S
10
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
10
S
20
S
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
High Tide
8:12AM1.49m
8:25PM1.19m
8:57AM1.48m
9:14PM1.15m
9:42AM1.42m
Low Tide
1:36AM-0.01m
2:25PM0.12m
2:21AM0.04m
3:13PM0.15m
3:06AM0.11m
4:00PM0.19m
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:37
6:37
6:37
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:05
7:05
7:05
 mm
4
3
3
4
2
2
1
2
3
2
1
1
1
1
2
3
2
2
1
1
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
Feels °C
27
27
28
27
26
26
27
28
27
28
27
26
25
26
26
27
25
26
26
27
26
26
27
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