Cowries 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.58° S 150.88° E

Issued: 10 am 15 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's Cowries sea temperature is

20.1°C

Cowries 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 Cowries today (15 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (15 Nov, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 7s period with ENE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 11s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Nov, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 10s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Cowries at 3PM is: 0.4m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am November 15). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (15 Nov)	2ft (0.6m)	7s
Afternoon (15 Nov)	1.5ft (0.4m)	11s
Evening (15 Nov)	2ft (0.6m)	10s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Sun morning. Very mild (max 19°C on Tue afternoon, min 14°C on Mon morning). Wind will be generally light.
	Sunday 15						Monday 16								Tuesday 17								Wed 18
	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)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 7	ENE 7	E 12	E 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	E 10	E 11	E 11	S 6	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 7	SE 7	S 7	SSE 7	SSE 13
Wave Graph
kJ	31	32	42	33	80	80	73	35	35	225	247	215	178	163	205	190	153	127	99	73	77	38	40	58
Wind (km/h)	SSW	SSW	SSE	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSW	S	S	S	S	SSE	SSW	SSW	E	ENE	ENE	NE	N	WNW	WNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	glassy	cross-on	on	on	on	cross	cross-off	glassy
High Tide			12:38PM1.32m				1:55AM0.92m				1:29PM1.26m					2:56AM0.95m				2:24PM1.22m				3:53AM1.02m
Low Tide	6:04AM0.56m				7:45PM0.34m				7:00AM0.60m					8:36PM0.35m				8:06AM0.63m				9:25PM0.34m


	5:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:41	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:41
	—	—	—	7:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:38	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:39	—	—	—	7:40
mm	1	—	—	—	1	1	1	1	1	1	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	17	17	18	17	16	16	15	15	15	14	17	17	15	15	15	15	16	18	19	18	17	15	14	14
Feels °C	16	16	16	14	13	13	13	12	12	10	12	13	12	13	13	14	15	16	16	15	16	14	13	14
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 10	ENE 10	E 10	E 11	E 11	E 9	E 10	ESE 5	E 5	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 7	SE 7	S 7	SSE 7	SSE 7
kJ	31	32	34	30	80	80	73	35	35	28	29	9	13	163	205	190	153	127	99	73	77	38	40	43
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 11	E 11	E 12	E 10	S 18	S 18	S 17	ENE 6	ENE 6	E 6	NE 8	E 10	E 10	ESE 5	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	ENE 10	E 4	ENE 10	ENE 9
kJ	21	23	42	33	7	6	6	14	13	7	10	30	31	14	31	48	50	17	18	17	33	7	31	29
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	S 14	S 13	S 14	ENE 7	S 18	E 6	S 17	ENE 8	NE 8	E 7	NE 8	NE 8	E 10	NNE 8	NNE 8	NE 7	ENE 6	E 10	NE 11	S 16	ENE 10	ENE 4	SSE 13
kJ	2	4	4	4	5	6	7	6	7	11	8	11	11	31	6	6	12	8	18	4	5	34	5	58
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 6	S 6	SSE 6	SSE 5	SSE 5	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	S 6	S 7	S 7	S 7	—	—	—	—	—	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 4	ENE 4	NE 6	E 5
kJ	77	82	72	57	67	114	150	132	118	225	247	215	178	—	—	—	—	—	9	17	10	8	14	4
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	0	10	161	147	90	10	19	18	19	57	327	90	0	10	0	0	64	67	284	22	3	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1				1	1	1	1				2	2	2	2				1	1	1	2
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	4	2	2	2	2	4	3	3	2	3	4	4	2
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Rating (10 max)	9	7	9	9	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	7	9	9	9	9	5	9	9	8	7	6	8	5

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