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Cowries surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 28 Jan 2026 AEDT
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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
22.1° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Cowries today?

The current surf forecast for Cowries at 2PM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am January 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Jan)3ft (0.9m)11s
Afternoon (28 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Evening (28 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Sat
31
8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
1.3
ENE
0.9
ENE
1
ENE
Period(s) (?)111010101010101010101010101010101010888666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2001921301021009898989811311598987776766163836058935670
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
25
NNE
30
NE
25
NE
10
ENE
0
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
5
SW
10
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
ENE
5
NW
5
WNW
5
NW
10
NW
15
NE
30
NE
30
NE
20
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onglassoffoffglasscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		glassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:21PM
0.97
5:43AM
1.52
6:36PM
0.99
6:44AM
1.60
7:39PM
1.04
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:32AM
0.32
10:55PM
0.38
12:42PM
0.22
12:02AM
0.37
1:42PM
0.12
1:03AM
0.33
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Sat
31
Sunrise6:11-------6:11-------6:13-------
Sunset----8:06-------8:05-------8:04---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C182426252121202020232423222120192024262522212020
Feels °C (?)162123232224212222242524242322212123232322222121
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