Cowrie Hole surf break

Cowrie Hole surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Wednesday 08 Apr 2026 AEST
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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
23.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Cowrie Hole today?

The current surf forecast for Cowrie Hole at 9AM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:00am April 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)3ft (0.9m)10s
Afternoon (08 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)9s
Evening (08 Apr)3ft (0.9m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
1.6
NE
1.2
NE
Period(s) (?)991010999910101010999910141414131367
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)79791711451461511249492889211510679798396107104136130130206147
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
15
SW
15
SSE
15
SE
15
ESE
5
N
5
WNW
5
W
10
NNW
5
N
15
ENE
25
ENE
20
NE
15
NNE
15
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NW
20
NE
15
NNE
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
ononcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:49PM
1.53
12:30PM
1.08
12:37AM
1.49
1:37PM
1.05
1:33AM
1.45
2:54PM
1.07
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:43AM
0.58
5:50PM
0.71
7:44AM
0.61
6:48PM
0.78
8:47AM
0.60
8:00PM
0.82
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sunrise--6:07-------6:09-------6:09-----
Sunset-----5:39-------5:38-------5:37--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222019222222222120181822242323222020212732302926
Feels °C (?)191718222120222221191822232122222019192530282725
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