Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Cow Bay today (09 Sep):
- Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 8s period with SSE swell.
The current surf forecast for Cow Bay at 11PM is: 0.6m 3s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 08:00pm September 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (ADT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (09 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (09 Sep) | - | - |
| Evening (09 Sep) | 0.5ft (0.2m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at Cow Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 25mm), heaviest during Thu morning. Warm (max 20°C on Thu afternoon, min 11°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the S on Thu morning, light winds from the NW by Sat afternoon). | ||||||||||||||||||
Wed 9 | Thursday 10 | Friday 11 | ||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 8 | E 8 | SW 3 | SSW 4 | SSW 5 | E 7 | E 9 | E 9 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | SSE 10 | SSE 11 | SSE 11 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 6 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 108 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 7:31PM1.70m | 8:05AM1.70m | 8:18PM1.72m | 8:46AM1.76m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 2:13AM0.09m | 2:38PM0.19m | 2:59AM0.07m | 3:24PM0.13m | ||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | 6:46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:47 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | 7:36 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:34 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:31 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 16 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 14 |
Feels °C | 13 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 10 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | E 7 | E 7 | E 9 | E 8 | E 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SE 10 | SW 8 | SSW 8 |
| kJ | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 488 | 372 | 257 | 187 | 162 | 4 | 136 | 101 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | E 8 | E 7 | E 9 | E 9 | — | — | — | E 8 | E 8 | SSE 10 | SSE 11 | SSE 11 | E 7 | SE 10 | SE 10 |
| kJ | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | 5 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | NE 5 | E 10 | E 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | E 8 | E 7 | E 7 | E 7 | E 7 | — |
| kJ | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | SW 3 | SW 3 | SSW 4 | SSW 5 | SSW 6 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | — | — | WNW 4 | WNW 4 | W 4 | SW 8 | WNW 4 | W 4 |
| kJ | — | 2 | 9 | 26 | 108 | 392 | 1114 | 1030 | 653 | 683 | — | — | 13 | 13 | 14 | 221 | 7 | 9 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 1842 | 327 | 2210 | 2210 | 2210 | 742 | 615 | 742 | 327 | 327 | 708 | 712 | 744 | 97 | 124 | 97 | 97 | 796 |
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