Cowries surf break

Cowries surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Tuesday 07 Apr 2026 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
22.6° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Cowries today?

The current surf forecast for Cowries at 4AM is: 1.4m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm April 07). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)5ft (1.5m)9s
Afternoon (08 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Evening (08 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tue
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SE
0.8
SE
0.6
SE
1.4
SE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.2
SSE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
1.1
NE
0.7
E
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
Period(s) (?)991110109998810910910995101414141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)78959741643933321615210284658592818781815198165160229217204
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
WSW
5
S
15
ESE
10
E
0
E
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NNE
15
NE
20
NE
15
N
15
N
10
NNW
10
NW
5
WNW
0
E
10
ENE
15
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassonon
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:36PM
1.31
12:30PM
0.89
12:28AM
1.26
1:39PM
0.86
1:30AM
1.23
2:56PM
0.88
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:58PM
0.50
6:36AM
0.40
5:43PM
0.56
7:39AM
0.43
6:42PM
0.61
8:47AM
0.43
Tue
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sunrise----6:13-------6:13-------6:15---
Sunset-------5:43-------5:40-------5:39
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C231919181721222119181717182426252221202021252627
Feels °C (?)221820191721212121181616162324232120202021262527
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