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Cowries Surf Forecast
/ NSW – Illawarra (42 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /
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Cowries surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Sunday 05 Apr 2026 AESTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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
22.9° C
(Which is 1.1°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: 1.3m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.9m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am April 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (05 Apr) | 4ft (1.2m) | 8s |
| Afternoon (05 Apr) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 8s |
| Evening (05 Apr) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 9s |
Table - waves today at Cowries. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 10 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 192 | 156 | 193 | 160 | 163 | 211 | 142 | 127 | 207 | 205 | 205 | 181 | 181 | 185 | 153 | 153 | 99 | 101 | 101 | 78 | 78 | 78 | 67 | 97 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross | glass | glass | glass | off | glass | cross- on | on | cross- on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | glass | cross- on | cross | off |
High Tide / height (m) | 10:10AM 1.11 | 10:14PM 1.42 | 10:50AM 1.03 | 10:52PM 1.37 | 11:36AM 0.95 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 4:12AM 0.23 | 3:49PM 0.37 | 4:55AM 0.28 | 4:22PM 0.44 | 5:41AM 0.34 | 4:58PM 0.50 | ||||||||||||||||||
Sunday 05 | Monday 06 | Tuesday 07 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | 6:11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:11 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | 5:46 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:44 | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 16 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 24 | 26 | 27 | 23 | 21 |
| Feels °C (?) | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 23 | 26 | 27 | 22 | 20 |
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