Cowrie Hole surf break

Cowrie Hole surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Monday 16 Mar 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
23.4° 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 4AM is: 1.4m 6s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Afternoon (17 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Evening (17 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)11s

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


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Mon
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
S
1.1
ENE
1.4
NE
1.5
NE
0.7
ENE
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
1
S
1.2
S
1
S
1
S
1.1
SSE
1.1
SSE
0.7
S
0.6
SE
0.7
SSE
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.8
SSE
Period(s) (?)13666612121111111010666666766896
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1258313116741666661563529317111278789582442535325545
Wind
(km/h)
25
NE
20
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
SSE
10
S
20
SSW
10
S
10
S
10
SSW
10
S
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
S
15
SSW
10
SW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:53PM
1.32
7:49AM
1.64
8:28PM
1.42
8:31AM
1.68
9:03PM
1.52
9:12AM
1.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:32AM
0.50
2:21PM
0.27
2:16AM
0.40
2:55PM
0.22
2:59AM
0.31
3:29PM
0.20
Mon
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Sunrise----6:52-------6:52-------6:54---
Sunset-------7:08-------7:07-------7:06
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
----------1-------122232
Temp. °C232221202024272727252423232222222322222121222222
Feels °C (?)212121202023262623252624242222222423232221222121
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