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Patiti - Small Winter Swell, Patiti Point

3:24 pm 1 Jul 2011

St Clair, Dunedin

7:21 pm 11 Nov 2005

Cob Cottage ratings
Quality on a good day: 4.0
Consistency of surf: 3.0
Difficulty level: 1.0
Crowds: 4.0

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Cob Cottage Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(New-Zealand – Dunedin)

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Name: Cob Cottage
Type: reef
Reliability: fairly consistent
Best Swell: S Offshore Wind: WNW

Cob Cottage in Dunedin is an exposed reef break that has reasonably consistent surf Works best in offshore winds from the west northwest. Windswells and groundswells in equal measure and the optimum swell angle is from the south. Both left and right reef breaks. Unlikely to be too crowded, even when the surf is up. Hazards include sharks/rips.

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Overall Cob Cottage Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution

IMPORTANT: Beta version feature! Swell heights are open water values from NWW3. There is no attempt to model near-shore effects. Coastal wave heights will generally be less, especially if the break does not have unobstructed exposure to the open ocean.

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Cob Cottage:

  (click location name for more details)
Closest break Brighton 1 mi
Second closest break Ocean View 2 mi
Third closest break Blue Tops 3 mi
Fourth closest break Kuri Bush 6 mi
Fifth closest break Taieri Mouth 8 mi

Wave buoys nearest to Cob Cottage:

Closest wave buoy SW Hawaii Buoy 4784 mi
Second closest wave buoy W Hawaii Buoy 4838 mi
Third closest wave buoy NW Hawaii Buoy 5083 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy NW Hawaii Buoy 5144 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy N Hawaii 1 Buoy 5295 mi

Tide stations nearest to Cob Cottage:

Closest tide station Dunedin, New Zealand 11 mi
Second closest tide station Otago Harbour Entrance, New Zealand 24 mi
Third closest tide station Nugget Point, New Zealand 42 mi
Fourth closest tide station Nugget Point, New Zealand(2) 42 mi
Fifth closest tide station Oamaru, New Zealand 67 mi

snow forecast website

Ski Resorts closest to Cob Cottage:

Closest ski area Awakino Ski Area (New Zealand) 81 mi
Second closest ski area Remarkables (New Zealand) 96 mi
Third closest ski area Snow Park/Snow Farm (New Zealand) 96 mi
Fourth closest ski area Cardrona (New Zealand) 99 mi
Fifth closest ski area Coronet Peak (New Zealand) 104 mi

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Town and city forecasts close to Cob Cottage:

Closest city location Dunedin (New Zealand) 11 mi
Second closest city location Milton (New Zealand) 20 mi
Third closest city location Balclutha (New Zealand) 33 mi
Fourth closest city location Gore (New Zealand) 67 mi
Fifth closest city location Oamaru (New Zealand) 69 mi
  • The closest passenger airport to Cob Cottage is Dunedin Airport (DUD) in New Zealand, 10 km (6 miles) away (directly).
  • The second nearest airport to Cob Cottage is Alexandra Airport (ALR), also in New Zealand, 111 km (69 miles) away.
  • Third is Oamaru Airport (OAM) in New Zealand, 125 km (78 miles) away.
  • Queenstown Airport (ZQN) in New Zealand is 161 km (100 miles) away.
  • Wanaka Airport (WKA), also in New Zealand is the fifth nearest airport to Cob Cottage and is 161 km (100 miles) away.
Cob Cottage break location map and break info
This is the Surf-Forecast page for Cob Cottage, New-Zealand - Dunedin. Use the tab navigation above to view Cob Cottage sea temperature, Cob Cottage photographs, Cob Cottage detailed swell predictions, wind and weather forecasts, Cob Cottage webcams, current wind from New-Zealand - Dunedin live weather stations and Cob Cottage tide predictions. The New Zealand swell maps link will open up the big picture showing New Zealand and the surrounding seas. These swell maps can be animated to show the different swell components, wave energy, wave period, wave heights, together with wind and weather forecasts, current weather and sea state observations from New Zealand wave-buoys, passing ships and coastal weather stations. Each of the forecast pages for this surf break feature a global and regional wavefinder tool to locate the best surf conditions in the area around Cob Cottage.