Cowrie Hole 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 32.93° S 151.79° E

Issued: 4 am 16 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's Cowrie Hole sea temperature is

21.4°C

Cowrie Hole surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Cowrie Hole today (16 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 6s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Nov, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 6s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Nov, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 6s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Cowrie Hole at 9AM is: 1.3m 6s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 17s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00am November 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Nov)	4.5ft (1.3m)	6s
Afternoon (16 Nov)	5ft (1.5m)	6s
Evening (16 Nov)	5.5ft (1.7m)	6s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 12mm), heaviest on Mon night. Very mild (max 19°C on Tue afternoon, min 17°C on Mon afternoon). Wind will be generally light.
	Monday 16								Tuesday 17								Wednesday 18								Thu 19
	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 7	S 7	SSE 13	S 13	S 14	S 15	S 15	S 14	S 12	S 11
Wave Graph
kJ	115	115	121	127	146	182	226	186	163	144	180	138	109	104	78	74	54	39	60	87	200	112	155	261	98	87
Wind (km/h)	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	S	SSW	SSW	S	SSE	ESE	ENE	NE	NE	E	E	ESE	E	E	NE	NE	NE	NE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross	glassy	glassy	cross-on	on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross
High Tide		2:01AM1.07m			1:33PM1.44m					3:00AM1.09m				2:26PM1.38m				3:57AM1.14m				3:24PM1.34m				4:47AM1.22m
Low Tide			7:07AM0.74m					8:41PM0.44m				8:11AM0.77m				9:30PM0.44m				9:20AM0.75m				10:16PM0.42m


	—	5:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:41	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:41	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:41
	—	—	—	—	—	7:31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:34	—	—	—	7:35
mm	1	1	1	2	1	1	4	2	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	19	18	18	18	18	17	17	18	17	17	17	18	18	19	18	18	17	17	18	19	19	19	19	18	17	17
Feels °C	17	16	16	15	14	12	14	16	15	15	16	16	16	17	16	18	17	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	15	15
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 11	E 11	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 14	S 15	S 15	S 14	S 12	S 11
kJ	55	55	44	46	47	31	31	186	163	144	180	138	109	104	78	74	54	39	38	38	200	112	155	261	98	87
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 18	S 17	S 17	S 17	S 17	S 17	S 15	E 10	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 5	ESE 5	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 5	E 7	E 7	E 7	S 13	E 10	S 9	S 9	E 9	E 9	E 10
kJ	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	31	43	34	33	21	17	17	17	7	21	21	23	87	29	38	37	26	25	30
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 18	S 17	S 17	S 17	S 17	NE 8	S 15	E 7	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 7	E 6	E 7	E 7	E 10	E 10	SSE 13	E 6	—	E 9	E 9	NE 10	SSE 15	SSE 16
kJ	6	6	22	23	22	2	17	4	31	17	17	17	8	7	8	8	16	16	60	17	—	27	27	4	77	81
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	ESE 5	—	—	—	—	ESE 5	ESE 5	E 5	—	—	—	—	—	ESE 6	E 6	E 4	E 4	ENE 5	ENE 5
kJ	115	115	121	127	146	182	226	46	—	—	—	—	21	15	14	—	—	—	—	—	17	22	13	25	31	35
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2
Distance (km)	44	44	108	108	185	312	126	43	1	3	3	9	9	44	31	31	0	0	31	42	80	80	80	80	31	31
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Rating (10 max)	2	2						2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	6	5	3	3	4	4	3	2	2	4	4	3	3	2	1	4	4	3	4	4	1	1	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	6	5	5	4	5	8	9	8	9	9	9	7	9	8	6	7	8	7	5	5	5	5	6	9	9	9

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