Cowrie Hole surf break

Cowrie Hole surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 29 Jan 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
22.8° C
(Which is 1.1°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Cowrie Hole today?

The current surf forecast for Cowrie Hole at 2AM is: 0.7m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm January 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Jan)2ft (0.6m)10s
Afternoon (30 Jan)2ft (0.6m)10s
Evening (30 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)5s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thu
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
3
3
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SE
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.3
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.1
E
1.5
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.6
ENE
2
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.9
NE
0.8
E
1.7
ENE
1.5
E
Period(s) (?)10101010101010109666668667777121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1209696967663636150859112387111153130226219363344372177705555
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
10
ENE
5
ENE
5
NE
5
NNE
10
E
15
E
20
ENE
30
ENE
20
NE
15
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
ENE
25
ENE
35
ENE
30
NE
15
NE
20
NNE
5
NNE
10
NNW
20
ENE
20
ENE
45
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglasscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:43PM
1.12
6:55AM
1.75
7:49PM
1.19
7:52AM
1.83
8:42PM
1.27
8:43AM
1.89
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:09AM
0.48
1:52PM
0.25
1:14AM
0.43
2:43PM
0.17
2:11AM
0.38
3:28PM
0.11
Thu
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Sunrise----6:13-------6:13-------6:15---
Sunset-------7:58-------7:57-------7:55
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
-----------------------3
Temp. °C222221202022232423222120202425262422212122272923
Feels °C (?)222323222223232320222121212424232223212324272819
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