Cotton Tree Surf Break

Lat Long: 6.75° N 11.38° W

Cotton Tree 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 17 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cotton Tree sea temperature is
27.8°C
0.9° 

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 (17 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 11s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 11s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Cotton Tree at 10PM is: 0.6m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 16s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 1.0m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)--
Afternoon (17 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Evening (17 Sep)2ft (0.6m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 22mm), heaviest during Thu night. Warm (max 26°C on Thu afternoon, min 25°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
SSW
11
0.6
SSW
11
0.6
S
11
1
SSW
6
1
SSW
6
1.1
SSW
6
1.1
SSW
6
1.2
SSW
7
1.4
SSW
7
1.6
SSW
7
1.6
SSW
6
1.6
SSW
6
1.6
SSW
6
1.6
SSW
6
1.3
S
6
1.2
S
6
1.4
SSW
6
1.4
SSW
6
1.4
SSW
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
121
88
83
77
77
95
101
143
214
219
194
188
182
182
137
113
131
126
122
Wind (km/h)
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
15
SSW
20
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
Wind State
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
11:04PM0.95m
10:58AM0.85m
00:21AM0.89m
12:21PM0.78m
Low Tide
4:24PM0.33m
4:59AM0.49m
5:15PM0.40m
6:12AM0.56m
6:30PM0.45m
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:35
6:35
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:44
6:44
6:43
 mm
3
3
4
4
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
26
26
26
25
25
25
25
25
26
26
25
25
25
25
25
26
26
26
25
Feels °C
27
27
28
27
28
28
27
26
26
26
25
25
25
25
25
26
26
26
25
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