- Forecast
- Maps
- Live
- Weather State
- Spot Information
Cowries Surf Forecast
/ NSW – Illawarra (42 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /
Surf Forecasts:
Cowries surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Monday 15 Sep 2025 AEST
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) & Date | Wave Height | Wave 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)
Monday 15 | Tuesday 16 | Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | |
Rating (10 max) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 6 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 42 | 40 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 52 | 62 | 70 | 45 | 63 | 67 | 69 | 73 | 88 | 98 | 95 | 73 | 48 | 36 | 28 | 20 | 20 | 71 | 61 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross | cross- on | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | glass |
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 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 | |  | |  | |  |  | | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 24 | 22 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 22 | 27 | 26 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 16 |
| Feels °C (?) | 20 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 18 | 24 | 23 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 15 |
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Illawarra
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.
1 h 16 min ago
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