Cowries 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.58° S 150.88° E

Issued: 9 am 08 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Cowries sea temperature is

17.8°C

Cowries surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Cowries today (08 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Sep, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 8s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Sep, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 8s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 9s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Cowries at 4PM is: 1.8m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00am September 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (08 Sep)	7.5ft (2.3m)	8s
Afternoon (08 Sep)	6ft (1.9m)	8s
Evening (08 Sep)	5ft (1.6m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Very mild (max 16°C on Tue afternoon, min 9°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (light winds from the ESE on Tue afternoon, fresh winds from the S by Wed afternoon).
	Tuesday 8						Wednesday 9								Thursday 10
	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
Rating (10 max)	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	!	!	2	4	2	2	2	2	4	4
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 9	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 9	S 8	S 8	SSE 8	S 8	SSE 7	S 8	SSE 9	SSE 10	S 10	S 9	S 9	S 10	S 10	SSE 10	S 10	S 10
Wave Graph
kJ	913	575	475	460	433	304	205	140	112	84	346	880	1704	2561	1895	1345	1162	1092	1115	1132	1466	1333
Wind (km/h)	SW	S	S	ESE	NNE	NNW	NW	NW	WSW	SSW	S	S	S	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	S	S	S	SW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide	5:58AM1.09m				5:56PM1.59m				6:46AM1.18m				6:46PM1.62m					7:29AM1.27m				7:33PM1.61m
Low Tide			11:28AM0.35m				00:42AM0.07m				12:24PM0.28m					1:24AM0.04m				1:15PM0.22m


	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:05	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:03	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	5:42	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:43	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	11	15	15	16	13	11	10	10	11	14	14	13	14	13	11	9	10	13	15	14	13	12
Feels °C	6	11	12	14	11	8	7	7	7	9	8	5	6	5	4	3	4	7	9	9	10	9
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 11	E 11	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 9	S 8	S 8	SSE 8	S 8	E 9	ESE 13	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 10	ESE 10	SSE 23	SSE 22	SSE 10	SSE 10
kJ	2	2	475	460	433	304	205	140	112	84	7	17	29	29	49	40	35	19	172	161	1065	999
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	E 10	E 10	E 10	ESE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	E 14	S 16	S 18	E 17	E 16	S 23	SSE 23	SSE 23	ESE 10	ESE 9	SSE 21	ESE 9
kJ	—	—	2	2	2	66	54	54	54	42	4	5	6	6	5	42	51	103	19	17	144	8
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 9	S 16	E 16	E 18	S 26	—	E 16	E 16	E 16	E 16	E 16	ESE 9	S 22
kJ	—	—	—	—	8	8	7	2	7	7	5	5	6	13	—	5	5	5	5	5	8	39
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 9	SSE 8	—	—	—	—	NW 2	NNW 2	WNW 3	SSW 4	SSE 7	S 8	SSE 9	SSE 10	S 10	S 9	S 9	S 10	S 10	SSE 10	S 10	S 10
kJ	913	575	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	9	346	880	1704	2561	1895	1345	1162	1092	1115	1132	1466	1333
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	1	4	4	2	2	4	4	4
Distance (km)	10	19	0	63	10	2	0	0	0	10	289	836	299	146	19	0	10	57	57	90	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	2		2	2	2	1	1	2					4	4	4				4	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	3	4	8	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	7	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	9	8	8	8	7	6	6	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	6	6	5	9	9	8

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