Cotton Tree Surf Break

Lat Long: 6.75° N 11.38° W

Cotton Tree 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 21 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

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):

  • 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), 14s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Cotton Tree at 9PM is: 1.2m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.8m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 1.1m 5s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

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

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 101mm), heaviest during Wed morning. Warm (max 26°C on Wed afternoon, min 25°C on Mon afternoon). Wind will be generally light.

Mon
21
Tuesday
22
Wednesday
23
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)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
SSW
14
1.2
S
14
1.2
S
14
0.9
SSW
13
0.8
SSW
13
0.9
SSW
13
0.8
SSW
13
0.8
SSW
13
0.7
SSW
13
1.6
SSW
6
1.7
SSW
6
1.7
SSW
6
1.7
SSW
6
1.7
SSW
6
1.6
SSW
6
1.5
SSW
6
1.5
SSW
6
0.7
SSE
12
0.7
SSE
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
789
590
581
257
195
246
198
198
170
196
218
225
225
213
185
181
181
151
140
Wind (km/h)
20
WSW
25
W
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
20
W
20
W
15
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
25
S
25
S
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
3:23PM0.85m
4:04AM1.04m
4:13PM0.93m
4:42AM1.14m
4:53PM1.02m
Low Tide
9:17PM0.41m
10:20AM0.45m
10:06PM0.35m
10:54AM0.37m
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:33
6:33
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:42
6:40
6:40
 mm
5
4
5
5
5
5
6
7
7
7
6
4
5
6
9
7
1
Temp °C
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
26
26
26
Feels °C
27
26
26
26
26
27
27
28
26
26
25
26
25
26
26
26
26
26
27
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