- Forecast
- Maps
- Live
- Weather State
- Spot Information
Cowries Surf Forecast
/ NSW – Illawarra (42 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /
Surf Forecasts:
Cowries surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Friday 17 Oct 2025 AEDT
How big are the waves at Cowries today?
The current surf forecast for Cowries at 7PM is: 0.9m 8s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 17). An open ocean swell of 1.5m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
| Time (AEDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (17 Oct) | - | - |
| Afternoon (17 Oct) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 8s |
| Evening (17 Oct) | 3ft (0.9m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at Cowries. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Friday 17 | Saturday 18 | Sunday 19 | Monday 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 PM | 5 PM | 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 | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | |
Rating (10 max) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 154 | 117 | 93 | 161 | 220 | 240 | 173 | 90 | 45 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 46 | 75 | 65 | 45 | 46 | 133 | 112 | 196 | 104 | 93 | 81 | 73 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | off | cross | cross | cross | cross | glass | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off | glass |
High Tide / height (m) | 6:24PM 1.33 | 7:09AM 1.23 | 7:09PM 1.31 | 7:42AM 1.31 | 7:49PM 1.29 | 8:13AM 1.38 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 12:54AM 0.22 | 1:04PM 0.37 | 1:27AM 0.22 | 1:48PM 0.31 | 1:57AM 0.24 | |||||||||||||||||||
Friday 17 | Saturday 18 | Sunday 19 | Monday 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:09 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:09 | - |
| Sunset | - | 7:10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:13 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 |  |  |  | | | | |  | | | | | | | | | |  | | | | | | |
Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 32 | 21 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 24 | 31 |
| Feels °C (?) | 30 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 21 | 29 |
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Illawarra
The wind is still cross-off at Cowries (strong winds from the S at Kiama (Bombo Headland) 8 km from Cowries). 1.3m 8s swell from the NE with a 1.0m 4s local chop from the SSE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 h 10 min ago
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