Cowries 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.58° S 150.88° E

Issued: 4 am 02 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Cowries sea temperature is

19.9°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 (02 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Nov, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 7s period with ENE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Nov, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 7s period with ENE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Nov, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 5s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Cowries at 9AM is: 0.6m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am November 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (02 Nov)	2ft (0.6m)	7s
Afternoon (02 Nov)	3ft (0.9m)	7s
Evening (02 Nov)	4ft (1.2m)	5s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 13mm), heaviest on Tue afternoon. Warm (max 22°C on Mon afternoon, min 16°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NE on Mon afternoon, light winds from the SSE by Tue afternoon).
	Monday 2								Tuesday 3								Wednesday 4								Thu 5
	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	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 8	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 5	NE 5	ENE 5	ENE 5	ENE 6	NE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 6	S 6	ENE 7	E 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	E 7
Wave Graph
kJ	50	48	36	34	77	44	74	34	25	31	80	42	73	107	117	134	233	270	179	156	88	54	33	62	49	47
Wind (km/h)	SE	N	NNW	NE	NE	NNE	N	NNW	NNW	NW	N	NE	NE	SSE	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SSE	SE	ENE	N	NNW	WSW	W
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	glassy	glassy	cross	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross	on	on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	on	cross	cross	off	cross-off
High Tide		3:23AM1.02m				3:08PM1.40m				4:31AM1.09m				4:17PM1.35m					5:28AM1.18m				5:21PM1.31m
Low Tide				8:42AM0.52m				10:08PM0.19m				10:03AM0.50m					11:04PM0.19m				11:16AM0.44m				11:51PM0.20m


	—	5:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:52
	—	—	—	—	—	7:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:27	—	—	—	7:28
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	1	8	2	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	17	17	18	21	22	21	19	18	17	17	18	21	21	19	18	18	17	16	17	20	20	20	18	17	18	19
Feels °C	17	18	18	18	17	18	17	17	16	16	18	20	21	21	16	16	14	13	15	19	19	20	18	17	16	14
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 8	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	S 9	S 9	S 9	ENE 5	ENE 5	ENE 6	ENE 6	S 8	S 8	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	E 7	S 6	S 6	SSE 6	S 6	ENE 7	ENE 7	E 7
kJ	50	48	36	34	27	25	25	34	25	31	32	5	5	107	117	134	114	86	37	119	76	45	23	62	49	47
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 7	S 6	SSE 5	SSE 9	S 6	S 6	E 13	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 16	S 15	S 8	SE 13	SE 13	SE 13	SE 13	NE 7	E 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	E 7	S 5	S 5	S 5
kJ	32	16	9	29	5	2	3	25	14	14	13	5	4	5	7	7	7	7	33	35	57	54	33	14	8	12
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 5	E 13	—	E 13	SE 11	S 15	—	SE 14	SE 14	SE 13	SE 13	E 12	E 12	—	SE 13	SE 13	NE 8	SE 12	SE 12	NE 7	SE 12	SE 12	NNE 8
kJ	31	31	31	5	3	—	3	5	4	—	8	8	7	7	3	3	—	6	6	20	6	6	26	6	6	6
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	NNE 3	ENE 7	ENE 5	NE 5	NNW 3	NNW 3	—	NE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	—	SSW 8	SSW 6	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 6	S 6	—	—	—	WNW 2	WSW 3
kJ	—	—	—	1	77	44	74	1	3	—	80	42	73	—	13	126	233	270	179	156	88	—	—	—	1	2
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	0	3	40	640	39	69	3	3	2	3	123	90	2	18	19	18	10	2	10	18	69	3	2	0	3
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1		1		1	1	1	1			1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1		1	1	1	1
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