Cowrie Hole surf break

Cowrie Hole surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Saturday 21 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
23.0° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Cowrie Hole today?

The current surf forecast for Cowrie Hole at 12PM is: 0.7m 6s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)2ft (0.6m)7s
Afternoon (21 Mar)2ft (0.6m)6s
Evening (21 Mar)2ft (0.6m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.4
E
0.6
SE
0.3
E
0.4
E
0.4
ESE
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.7
SE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
1
E
1
E
1
E
Period(s) (?)66776669611101010109999666777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)262835433324232322223335686563575536336070899494
Wind
(km/h)
0
WNW
5
W
5
WSW
10
SSW
10
SE
15
SE
15
SE
10
SE
10
S
15
SSW
10
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
ESE
10
E
10
E
10
ENE
5
NE
5
NE
10
E
15
ESE
15
E
15
E
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
off
crossoncross-
on
ononcrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:37AM
1.57
11:00PM
1.70
11:24AM
1.47
11:45PM
1.71
12:16PM
1.35
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:30AM
0.23
4:42PM
0.26
5:21AM
0.25
5:22PM
0.33
6:16AM
0.30
6:06PM
0.42
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise--6:56-------6:56-------6:56-----
Sunset-----7:02-------7:01-------7:00--
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---------1121-11-11-----
Temp. °C212020222323232323212122232322222221212323232222
Feels °C (?)232222242323232424212122232323232322232323232222
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