Cowries surf break

Cowries surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Monday 23 Mar 2026 AEDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
23.4° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Cowries today?

The current surf forecast for Cowries at 12PM is: 0.9m 6s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)6s
Afternoon (23 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)7s
Evening (23 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
E
0.5
E
1
E
0.9
E
1
E
1.3
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.3
ENE
1
E
1
E
0.9
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.5
ENE
Period(s) (?)9966777766678888999999910
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7836616685157111107129848677127137237180193238238238276276300375
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSE
5
E
5
SSW
10
SSE
10
E
15
ENE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
5
WNW
10
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
10
N
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NNE
20
ENE
20
NE
10
NE
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglasscrossononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:46PM
1.54
12:21PM
1.15
12:37AM
1.51
1:25PM
1.04
1:37AM
1.46
2:42PM
0.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:21AM
0.16
6:06PM
0.31
7:25AM
0.22
6:58PM
0.41
8:39AM
0.26
8:03PM
0.48
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Sunrise--7:01-------7:01-------7:01-----
Sunset-----7:04-------7:02-------7:01--
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
Rain (mm)
11111-----------------2-
Temp. °C212121222323212121212023232321201918182325232120
Feels °C (?)232323232423222222222223222120201919182324222221
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

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 locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest