Cowrie Hole surf break

Cowrie Hole surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Tuesday 24 Mar 2026 AEDT
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Cowrie Hole surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Cowrie Hole sea temperature is
24.1° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Cowrie Hole today?

The current surf forecast for Cowrie Hole at 12AM is: 1.2m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm March 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Mar)--
Afternoon (25 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Evening (25 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)9s

Table - waves today at Cowrie Hole. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
3
3
4
4
4
1
1
2
3
3
3
3
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.4
E
1.6
E
1.8
E
1.9
E
1.9
E
1.9
E
2
E
2
E
2
E
1.9
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.4
ESE
Period(s) (?)888999999101012121212121212121211111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)156160173220225270270276288307386738996109110541036113211221117995836645561423
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
ENE
5
N
5
W
5
WNW
5
SSW
10
SE
15
ESE
5
NE
5
NW
5
NNW
5
NNW
10
NNW
5
N
15
ENE
20
NE
20
SSW
15
WNW
25
NW
20
WNW
20
W
30
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononcross-
on
glassoffoffglasscross-
on
oncrossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
crossoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:16PM
1.24
1:37AM
1.65
2:30PM
1.15
2:47AM
1.62
3:57PM
1.12
4:04AM
1.60
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:58PM
0.52
8:32AM
0.43
8:03PM
0.61
9:53AM
0.45
9:21PM
0.66
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sunrise------6:58-------6:58-------7:00-
Sunset-6:59-------6:58-------6:57------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
Rain (mm)
-------------------21-21
Temp. °C242322222019182122232121191818242624231918181716
Feels °C (?)222222222220192322232223201818252523221915161410
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