Cowries surf break

Cowries surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 AEST
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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
18.7° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Cowries today?

The current surf forecast for Cowries at 6AM is: 0.9m 6s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:00am September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)6s
Afternoon (16 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)7s
Evening (16 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)7s

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

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Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSE
0.8
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.8
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.5
NE
0.4
S
1.5
S
1.4
SSE
1.2
SSE
1
S
0.9
ENE
0.8
NE
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)9666777778888888116888777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)40577366656760596192111113775544385836627920313015114054
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
15
N
20
N
25
N
20
N
20
NNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
20
W
20
W
15
WSW
20
WSW
25
W
20
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
5
WSW
5
NE
15
ENE
20
NE
15
N
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffglassononcrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:53AM
0.94
3:49PM
1.42
5:02AM
0.99
4:54PM
1.44
5:55AM
1.06
5:48PM
1.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:07AM
0.51
10:55PM
0.25
10:22AM
0.48
11:49PM
0.20
11:24AM
0.42
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Sunrise--5:56-------5:54-------5:52-----
Sunset-----5:46-------5:47-------5:49--
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171717222726211919161518202016141212131617171615
Feels °C (?)141414172322181516141113151510989111514131413
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Illawarra

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Cowries (light winds from the N at Kiama (Bombo Headland) 8 km from Cowries). 0.2m 8s swell from the SSE with a 0.2m 10s swell from the E. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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17 km/h
N
Cross-On
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