Cowries surf break

Cowries surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Monday 15 Sep 2025 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
18.7° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Cowries today?

The current surf forecast for Cowries at 5PM is: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Sep)--
Afternoon (15 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Evening (15 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)9s

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

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Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.9
NNE
1
NNE
1
NNE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.8
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.5
NE
0.3
S
0.3
S
1.1
SSE
0.9
S
Period(s) (?)99999666677778888888111166
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)424026262552627045636769738898957348362820207161
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
10
NNE
10
WNW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
N
20
N
25
N
15
N
15
NW
25
WNW
20
W
15
W
15
W
20
W
15
W
15
WSW
20
WSW
25
W
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
SW
10
WSW
5
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:34PM
1.41
3:53AM
0.94
3:49PM
1.42
5:02AM
0.99
4:54PM
1.44
5:55AM
1.06
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:46PM
0.28
9:07AM
0.51
10:55PM
0.25
10:22AM
0.48
11:49PM
0.20
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Sunrise------5:56-------5:54-------5:52-
Sunset-5:46-------5:46-------5:47------
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C242219191717172227262020191615182120161513111216
Feels °C (?)20201616141313182423161717131114161410987915
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Illawarra

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Cowries (moderate winds from the NNE at Kiama (Bombo Headland) 8 km from Cowries). 0.5m 9s swell from the SSE with a 0.2m 10s swell from the E and a 0.2m 14s groundswell, also from the E. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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1 h 16 min ago

22 km/h
NNE
Cross-On
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