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Cowries surf break

Cowries surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Friday 09 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 normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Cowries today?

The current surf forecast for Cowries at 3PM is: 1.5m 7s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am January 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)6ft (1.8m)7s
Afternoon (09 Jan)5ft (1.5m)7s
Evening (09 Jan)10ft (3.0m)8s

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

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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Mon
12
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)
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
4
1
2
3
2
0
0
1
1
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
NE
1.2
NE
1.4
NE
1.8
NE
3
NE
3
NE
3
NE
2.5
NE
1.6
NE
1.5
NE
2.1
NE
2.1
NE
1.7
ENE
1.4
NE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
2
S
2.1
S
2.1
S
2
S
2.1
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.1
S
Period(s) (?)787789999998889978888877
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3271642233311034134712461159388334668596365288247276388518603548494395259124
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
20
NE
25
NE
35
NE
20
N
15
N
15
N
15
NNW
20
NW
15
NW
10
NW
10
N
35
SSW
25
S
25
S
20
S
20
SSE
20
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:25PM
1.26
2:29AM
1.18
2:15PM
1.11
3:20AM
1.21
3:13PM
0.99
4:13AM
1.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:21AM
0.48
7:59PM
0.26
8:26AM
0.53
8:39PM
0.34
9:38AM
0.55
9:22PM
0.41
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Mon
12
Sunrise5:52-------5:54-------5:54-------
Sunset----8:13-------8:12-------8:12---
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232627282624242530363735222019191918181918181717
Feels °C (?)232525252524232326333636181716161615141414141515
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