Cowries 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.58° S 150.88° E

Issued: 9 am 11 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Cowries sea temperature is

18.3° 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 (11 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 9s period with SE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 11s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 11s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Cowries at 1PM is: 0.8m 12s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 1.0m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am July 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (11 Jul)	3.5ft (1.1m)	9s
Afternoon (11 Jul)	2.5ft (0.8m)	11s
Evening (11 Jul)	3.5ft (1.0m)	11s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Very mild (max 17°C on Sat morning, min 10°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NW on Sat morning, fresh winds from the WNW by Sat night).
	Saturday 11						Sunday 12								Monday 13								Tue 14
	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	1 AM	4 AM
Rating (10 max)	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 9	SE 9	ESE 12	ESE 11	ESE 11	E 11	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	S 12	S 12	S 11	S 11	S 8	S 7	S 7
Wave Graph
kJ	199	190	179	176	167	223	149	116	106	77	55	54	31	29	16	16	8	11	11	10	9	5	4	4
Wind (km/h)	WNW	NW	N	NNE	NNW	NW	NNW	NW	WNW	W	W	W	W	W	WNW	W	W	WSW	W	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide	5:01AM1.03m				5:22PM1.59m				6:10AM1.05m				6:18PM1.69m					7:11AM1.08m				7:13PM1.76m
Low Tide			10:39AM0.31m				00:15AM0.15m				11:39AM0.30m					1:13AM0.05m			12:37PM0.28m					2:07AM-0.03m


	7:01	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:01	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:01	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:01
	—	—	—	5:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:01	—	—	—	5:02
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	10	14	17	17	14	12	12	13	10	11	13	12	12	11	12	12	12	14	16	15	14	14	14	14
Feels °C	8	12	14	13	11	8	8	9	3	5	6	5	6	4	6	6	7	9	11	10	9	10	9	9
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 9	SE 9	SE 8	SE 8	ESE 11	E 11	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 8	S 12	S 11	S 11	S 8	S 7	S 7
kJ	199	190	132	109	167	223	149	116	106	77	55	54	31	29	16	16	8	7	11	10	9	5	4	4
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 13	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 11	SE 8	SE 8	SSE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SE 8	S 9	S 11	S 12	S 12	ESE 8	SE 8	E 8	S 11	S 11	S 11
kJ	137	157	179	176	90	53	45	33	33	16	10	6	6	2	6	9	3	11	7	3	1	2	2	2
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 15	S 15	S 16	S 15	S 15	S 15	NE 4	NE 4	NE 5	NNE 5	NE 5	—	SSW 4	S 11	SW 5	S 7	S 7	S 7	SW 4	S 7	—	E 8	E 8	E 8
kJ	4	5	5	4	4	4	3	5	6	2	1	—	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	—	1	1	1
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	NNE 3	NNE 3	N 4	NNW 3	NNW 3	WNW 4	W 4	W 4	W 4	W 3	W 3	W 3	W 4	W 4	W 4	WSW 3	WSW 3	—	NW 2	NW 2	NW 3
kJ	—	—	—	2	4	19	3	8	11	13	9	9	6	5	8	9	9	9	4	1	—	1	1	2
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	0	3	10	3	0	9	10	80	0	80	117	83	139	179	98	98	169	251	98	36	273	306	273
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1		1											1
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Rating (10 max)	3	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	2	4	1	1	1	1	6	1	1	4	1	1	6	8	7
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Rating (10 max)	7	5	5	5	4	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	6	5	5

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