Cowrie Hole surf break

Cowrie Hole surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Saturday 28 Mar 2026 AEDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
24.9° 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 10PM is: 4.5m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 4.0m 12s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm March 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)--
Afternoon (28 Mar)15ft (4.5m)13s
Evening (28 Mar)15ft (4.5m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
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2
3
3
2
2
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4.5
SSE
4
SSE
4.5
S
3.5
SSE
4
S
4
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3
S
2.5
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.2
SSE
2
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
Period(s) (?)13131212121211111110101010109999998888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)65195952681739284967426433462680207713571096990772611506433377318273238193140114114
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSW
25
S
25
S
20
SSW
20
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
SW
20
S
20
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
5
SE
5
SE
5
S
5
SE
10
SE
15
ESE
15
E
15
NE
10
NNE
5
NNW
5
NW
5
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:28PM
1.26
6:24AM
1.65
7:16PM
1.36
7:17AM
1.66
7:58PM
1.46
8:04AM
1.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:17PM
0.37
11:58PM
0.58
1:07PM
0.32
12:59AM
0.49
1:48PM
0.29
1:51AM
0.41
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Sunrise------7:01-------7:01-------7:03-
Sunset-6:53-------6:52-------6:52------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C192020201816161820212121202020202121212119181820
Feels °C (?)131516171513131517192020202020202020191919181920
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