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Cowries surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Tuesday 20 Jan 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
22.0° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Cowries today?

The current surf forecast for Cowries at 4PM is: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 1.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am January 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jan)4ft (1.2m)8s
Afternoon (20 Jan)3ft (0.9m)11s
Evening (20 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Fri
23
8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
2
2
3
3
3
2
1
1
3
3
3
3
3
2
0
1
1
1
2
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SE
1.2
SE
0.9
ESE
1
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.9
ESE
2
ESE
2
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.7
ESE
2.3
SE
1.7
ESE
1.5
ESE
2.1
S
Period(s) (?)88111111111111111111111111111111111111111198
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2191871762546618079559558537307458698857877877117456615606871167610395601
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
10
SE
10
SSE
5
S
5
SSW
10
SW
10
SE
15
ESE
15
E
5
E
5
N
5
NW
5
W
10
SSW
20
S
25
S
25
S
30
S
25
S
20
S
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		glassglasscross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:00AM
1.59
10:44PM
1.11
10:36AM
1.57
11:22PM
1.15
11:14AM
1.52
12:03AM
1.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:45PM
0.11
4:12AM
0.34
5:19PM
0.10
4:55AM
0.35
5:53PM
0.11
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Fri
23
Sunrise6:03-------6:03-------6:05-------
Sunset----8:09-------8:09-------8:08---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202122212018191818212121191817171820171918181716
Feels °C (?)201920201918191817201919191817171718131413141313
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