Cowrie Hole surf break

Cowrie Hole surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Wednesday 29 Oct 2025 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
21.2° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Cowrie Hole today?

The current surf forecast for Cowrie Hole at 6PM is: 1.1m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.8m 5s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 29). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Oct)--
Afternoon (29 Oct)4ft (1.2m)9s
Evening (29 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
29
Thursday
30
Friday
31
Saturday
01
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.9
E
1
E
0.6
S
1
E
1.3
ENE
1.4
ENE
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)99999999121212121111111010881086613
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2432432062061651651731761481462942762571911811339699124651179814285
Wind
(km/h)
5
ENE
10
E
5
ENE
5
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
S
15
SE
15
S
15
S
5
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
0
SW
10
ESE
15
ESE
20
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
15
ENE
20
NE
15
NNW
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
onglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:18PM
1.42
3:51AM
1.05
3:22PM
1.40
4:50AM
1.13
4:26PM
1.41
5:38AM
1.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:34PM
0.46
8:57AM
0.75
10:28PM
0.42
10:13AM
0.69
11:17PM
0.37
Wednesday
29
Thursday
30
Friday
31
Saturday
01
Sunrise------5:56-------5:54-------5:54-
Sunset-7:15-------7:15-------7:16------
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
2111--------------------
Temp. °C151617161615151718191818171717192020191818181623
Feels °C (?)151618161514141616171619171818191918181818171524
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