Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Cowrie Beach today (09 Aug):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 13s period with SW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 16s period with SW swell.
The current surf forecast for Cowrie Beach at 11PM is: 1.3m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm August 09). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
| Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (09 Aug) | - | - |
| Afternoon (09 Aug) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 13s |
| Evening (09 Aug) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 16s |
Table - waves today at Cowrie Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 29mm), heaviest during Sun night. Very mild (max 13°C on Sun afternoon, min 9°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NE on Sun night, strong winds from the NNW by Tue night). | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sun 9 | Monday 10 | Tuesday 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 19 | SW 19 | SW 19 | SW 18 | SW 17 | SW 17 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 458 | 347 | 376 | 823 | 711 | 1210 | 2639 | 2612 | 2241 | 2719 | 1927 | 1611 | 3745 | 1164 | 979 | 821 | 1253 | 1130 | 849 | 676 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | off | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on |
High Tide | 6:49PM2.20m | 8:25AM2.16m | 7:46PM2.14m | 9:34AM2.14m | 8:56PM2.08m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 1:05PM0.96m | 1:36AM0.14m | 2:06PM1.04m | 2:39AM0.18m | 3:18PM1.08m | |||||||||||||||
 | |  |  | | |  | |  | |  |  |  | | | | | | | | |
 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:11 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 5:37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:37 | — | — |
mm | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 4 | 14 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 11 |
Feels °C | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 19 | SW 19 | SW 19 | SW 18 | WSW 17 | SW 17 | SW 16 | SSW 16 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 |
| kJ | 458 | 347 | 245 | 823 | 711 | 1210 | 2639 | 2612 | 2241 | 2171 | 1927 | 1611 | 83 | 1164 | 979 | 821 | 1253 | 1130 | 849 | 676 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 16 | ESE 5 | SW 20 | SW 14 | E 4 | SSW 19 | SSW 18 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 16 | — | S 7 | S 6 | WSW 8 | S 6 | SW 7 | SW 19 | SW 18 |
| kJ | 82 | 154 | 376 | 7 | 598 | 581 | 15 | 143 | 124 | 119 | 115 | 105 | — | 73 | 52 | 186 | 11 | 48 | 227 | 314 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 18 | ESE 4 | ESE 4 | SSW 16 | ESE 5 | SSW 20 | SSW 19 | ESE 4 | ESE 9 | NW 4 | ESE 10 | — | — | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | S 6 | SW 20 | — | SSW 18 | SSW 18 |
| kJ | 6 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 9 | 140 | 123 | 4 | 29 | 4 | 9 | — | — | 81 | 95 | 28 | 63 | — | 33 | 61 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 3 | NNE 3 | N 3 | NNE 3 | NNE 3 | E 3 | — | NNW 4 | NW 4 | SW 17 | SW 5 | SW 6 | SW 16 | SW 7 | WSW 7 | WSW 8 | NW 4 | NW 4 | NW 4 | NNW 4 |
| kJ | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 11 | — | 11 | 13 | 2719 | 96 | 244 | 3745 | 412 | 228 | 266 | 14 | 11 | 23 | 26 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 95 | 20 | 28 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 314 | 83 | 72 | 72 | 69 | 68 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 68 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Phillip Island | ||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | ||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
Latest Updates
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Cowrie Beach surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest