Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Cowries today (07 Oct):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (07 Oct, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 10s period with S swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Oct, local time) - 8ft (2.4m), 9s period with S swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Oct, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 8s period with S swell.
The current surf forecast for Cowries at 3AM is: 2.5m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm October 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (AEDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (07 Oct) | 10ft (3.0m) | 10s |
| Afternoon (07 Oct) | 8ft (2.4m) | 9s |
| Evening (07 Oct) | 7.5ft (2.3m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at Cowries. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastSome drizzle, heaviest during Tue night. Warm (max 20°C on Tue night, min 10°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Wed morning, calm by Fri morning). | ||||||||||||||||||
Tue 6 | Wednesday 7 | Thursday 8 | ||||||||||||||||
8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | SSE 8 | S 9 | S 10 | S 10 | S 9 | S 8 | S 8 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | S 10 | S 9 | S 9 | SSE 8 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SSE 9 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 154 | 127 | 611 | 1437 | 2252 | 1537 | 1007 | 709 | 701 | 1250 | 959 | 1048 | 775 | 683 | 460 | 257 | 342 | 459 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross-off | off |
High Tide | 5:44PM1.45m | 6:41AM1.19m | 6:39PM1.46m | 7:24AM1.29m | 7:28PM1.44m | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 00:28AM0.15m | 12:25PM0.36m | 1:11AM0.13m | 1:18PM0.28m | ||||||||||||||
 |  |  | |  |  | | | | | |  | | | | | | | |
 | — | — | — | 6:26 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:24 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:02 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:04 | — | — |
mm | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 20 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 12 |
Feels °C | 14 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | NE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 10 | S 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 8 | S 8 | SE 9 | SSE 9 |
| kJ | 154 | 127 | 92 | 73 | 47 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 21 | 17 | 31 | 721 | 586 | 518 | 460 | 235 | 342 | 459 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 7 | ESE 10 | ESE 9 | E 16 | E 16 | E 15 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | E 16 | E 14 | E 14 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | SE 9 | SE 11 | SE 12 |
| kJ | 17 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 28 | 16 | 257 | 64 | 224 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 10 | E 16 | E 16 | E 16 | E 16 | E 15 | S 17 | S 15 | E 11 | E 11 | — | E 10 | E 14 | E 14 | E 14 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 |
| kJ | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | — | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 16 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 3 | S 5 | SSE 8 | S 9 | S 10 | S 10 | S 9 | S 8 | S 8 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | S 10 | S 9 | S 9 | — | — | S 9 | S 9 |
| kJ | 2 | 143 | 611 | 1437 | 2252 | 1537 | 1007 | 709 | 701 | 1250 | 959 | 1048 | 775 | 683 | — | — | 122 | 199 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 10 | 193 | 308 | 146 | 90 | 19 | 443 | 640 | 308 | 57 | 57 | 10 | 10 | 36 | 90 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Illawarra | ||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in Australia | ||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | ||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Cowries surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest