Cowries surf break

Cowries surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Sunday 22 Mar 2026 AEDT
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Cowries surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Cowries sea temperature is
23.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Cowries today?

The current surf forecast for Cowries at 10AM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Afternoon (22 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Evening (22 Mar)2ft (0.6m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
ENE
0.3
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
1.1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.9
E
0.9
ENE
1
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.2
ENE
Period(s) (?)91111101010999966777666678889
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)262436313066608178732579103110881006563517294133262222
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
10
SSW
10
SW
10
S
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
E
5
NNE
5
NW
5
SSW
5
S
5
SSE
10
ENE
15
ENE
10
NE
10
N
10
NNW
5
WNW
5
WSW
5
E
15
ENE
20
NE
15
NNE
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglasscrossononcross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglassglassononcross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:01PM
1.54
11:27AM
1.27
11:46PM
1.54
12:21PM
1.15
12:37AM
1.51
1:25PM
1.04
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:25AM
0.13
5:21PM
0.22
6:21AM
0.16
6:06PM
0.31
7:25AM
0.22
6:58PM
0.41
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise--7:00-------7:01-------7:01-----
Sunset-----7:06-------7:04-------7:02--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----------11------------
Temp. °C212020232423212121212122232321212121202323232120
Feels °C (?)232121232424232323232323242322222223212423222020
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