Cowries Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, surfers, Rusty here. Let’s chew the fat on the next couple of weeks.

It’s looking like a slow burn for a while. The next seven days are filled with small, rideable waves, but there's nothing that's going to fire you up. The real deal is that big pulse of southwest groundswell at the end of the forecast period—that’s the one to keep tabs on.

Let’s start with today. Wednesday morning, it’s a bit ordinary. Swell is small at 3ft from the south with a weak to moderate energy (218), but it's clean with a light cross-off breeze. It’s surfable, but nothing to write home about. The afternoon, the wind swings offshore and cleans it up, but the swell backs off to 3ft (145). Just small, clean lines.

Thursday is much the same. Morning has clean, 3ft surf from the south (173) with light offshore winds, but the afternoon gets a touch lumpy with a cross-onshore wind. Nothing special.

Friday is your best bet for this first stretch. We get a glassy morning with the swell holding at 3ft from the south (203). It’s not big, but a glassy Cowries with a little push is worth a look. The afternoon, the wind goes cross-on and it gets messy.

The weekend is a washout. Saturday has some energy building to a 6ft swell (427), but conditions are marginal and the wind is a cross-off mess. It’s just bumpy. Sunday and Monday look worse, with more onshore wind and chop. The swell is there, but the quality is poor.

We get a little reset on Tuesday, the 19th. The morning is clean with a light cross-off breeze and a 4ft south-angled swell (273). Expect good conditions, but the energy is still moderate. Then, on the morning of Wednesday, the 20th, we get another glassy window with a 5ft easterly swell (308). That also looks like a fun one before the winds shift onshore in the afternoon. These are the two little gems in the middle of the run.

Then there’s another quiet patch. From the 21st through the 24th, the wind is just not your buddy, with a lot of cross-onshore and fresh breezes. The waves are there, but the quality drops right off. It's a frustrating stretch of ordinary conditions.

Now, for the good stuff. The outlook for the 25th looks promising, with strong offshore winds and a clean 4ft ENE swell (280) rolling in. That will be a fun day. The morning of the 26th is the standout, but it’s a double-edged sword. It calls for a massive 13ft groundswell from the south, with a huge energy reading (2874), but it’s flagged as being too big for this break. That’s a powerful, dangerous ocean, and only the experienced should even think about it. The direction is from the south, which is not the optimum for Cowries, but at that size, it will still wrap in with authority.

So, in summary, the next week is about finding those clean windows. The second week holds more promise, leading up to a potentially giant but hazardous swell on the 26th. Keep your eyes peeled for that one.

Rusty out.

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