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Cowries surf break

Cowries surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 15 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 2PM is: 1.4m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am January 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)5ft (1.5m)6s
Afternoon (15 Jan)5ft (1.5m)6s
Evening (15 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)7s

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

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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sun
18
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
0
3
3
0
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.7
ENE
2.2
NE
2
NE
1.4
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.5
ENE
2.3
S
3
S
3
S
2.5
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.5
SSE
2.2
E
2.5
E
3
E
3
ESE
3
ESE
Period(s) (?)666677888888891091010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)149981461922102945354412322702572916011368160112631647143210888581461155517391642
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
20
NE
25
NE
25
NE
30
NNE
25
NNE
5
W
15
SSW
25
SSE
25
SSW
25
S
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:42AM
1.38
7:27PM
0.92
7:26AM
1.44
8:11PM
0.96
8:07AM
1.50
8:51PM
0.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:41PM
0.34
12:44AM
0.46
2:22PM
0.28
1:29AM
0.43
3:00PM
0.22
2:12AM
0.39
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sun
18
Sunrise5:58-------5:58-------6:00-------
Sunset----8:12-------8:10-------8:10---
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thunderstorm
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thunderstorm
thunderstorm
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thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
111-112131-1134455554433
Temp. °C222423222221202020212322212121202020202020202019
Feels °C (?)232322211920232118192120202020191717181717171715
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