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Cowries surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Saturday 10 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
22.5° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Cowries today?

The current surf forecast for Cowries at 6PM is: 1.7m 8s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 1.2m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm January 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)--
Afternoon (10 Jan)4ft (1.2m)8s
Evening (10 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
2
2
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
NE
1.7
NE
1.4
NE
1.4
NE
1.3
ENE
1.7
SSE
2.1
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.2
S
2.2
SSE
2
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.5
SSE
1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
1
ENE
0.8
S
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
Period(s) (?)888887788888779999978887
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2013712612742412614085426756294723462259420521019412610411790909088
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
10
NNW
30
SSW
25
S
25
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
S
20
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
15
SE
15
SSE
10
SSE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
15
NE
15
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
5
NNW
15
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:15PM
1.11
3:20AM
1.21
3:13PM
0.99
4:13AM
1.24
4:20PM
0.91
5:05AM
1.28
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:39PM
0.34
9:38AM
0.55
9:22PM
0.41
10:52AM
0.53
10:09PM
0.46
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Sunrise------5:54-------5:54-------5:56-
Sunset--8:12-------8:12-------8:12-----
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C373622192020181818191918181719191919191920202125
Feels °C (?)363618161717151515151515161617171818181921222325
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