Cowries surf break

Cowries surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Wednesday 02 Jul 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
18.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Cowries today?

The current surf forecast for Cowries at 10PM is: 4.0m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 2.3m 12s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 20s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm July 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Jul)--
Afternoon (02 Jul)10ft (3.0m)12s
Evening (02 Jul)11ft (3.5m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
02
Thursday
03
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
E
3
E
2.5
E
4
S
4
SSE
4.5
SSE
4
SE
5
S
4.5
S
4
S
4
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.1
SSE
2
SSE
1.8
SE
1.7
SSE
1.5
SE
1.4
SE
1.3
SE
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.6
E
0.4
ENE
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.7
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
ENE
0.4
E
Period(s) (?)12121210101111111111111110101010101010101099999999888888888899999999999910109111110101011
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)4358599936094137437370505703113199355781265305434497445201793155112931230102791876160350643039731227922920817315615614112710998826260675547478048706765569353604855666558636759
Wind
(km/h)
40
SW
35
SW
30
SW
35
SSW
40
SSW
35
SW
35
SW
35
SW
30
SSW
30
SW
25
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
S
5
E
5
NNW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
WNW
5
NNW
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NNW
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
WNW
10
W
15
W
15
W
20
W
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
W
25
W
20
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
10
NNW
20
N
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NW
20
WNW
20
W
15
W
15
WNW
20
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffglasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:57PM
1.15
1:39AM
1.11
2:46PM
1.19
2:35AM
1.01
3:34PM
1.24
3:38AM
0.95
4:21PM
1.29
4:41AM
0.92
5:06PM
1.34
5:40AM
0.92
5:50PM
1.40
6:32AM
0.94
6:33PM
1.46
7:18AM
0.96
7:15PM
1.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:50PM
0.55
8:06AM
0.35
8:58PM
0.55
8:47AM
0.39
10:06PM
0.52
9:31AM
0.43
11:06PM
0.46
10:17AM
0.45
11:59PM
0.40
11:05AM
0.45
12:46AM
0.33
11:52AM
0.44
1:28AM
0.26
12:37PM
0.42
Wednesday
02
Thursday
03
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Sunrise-------7:03-------7:03-------7:03-------7:03-------7:03-------7:03-------7:03----
Sunset-4:55-------4:57-------4:57-------4:58-------4:58-------4:59-------4:59-------5:00--
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Rain (mm)
12720611-----------------------------------------------------
Temp. °C141413141413131416151312111110131515131211101013161714131313131618181514131212131615131211111112151714161412101215151210
Feels °C (?)77787667109776771013131110988111415111111111114161613121087710966677910129109657101197
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