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Cobden Breakwater on the West Coast is an exposed Breakwater break that has fairly consistent surf and can work at any time of the year. The best wind direction is from the east northeast. Groundswells and windswells are equally likely and the ideal swell angle is from the west southwest. The beach breaks offers right-handers Unlikely to be too crowded, even when the surf is up. Surfing here means negotiating dangerous rips.

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Overall Cobden Breakwater 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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Also see Cobden Breakwater surf quality by season and Cobden Breakwater surf quality by month.

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Use this relief map to navigate to New-Zealand - West Coast surf breaks and tide stations that are in the area of Cobden Breakwater

Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Cobden Breakwater:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Cobden Beach	1 mi
Second closest break	Blaketown Wedge	1 mi
Third closest break	Rapahoe	4 mi
Fourth closest break	Nine Mile	7 mi
Fifth closest break	Punakaiki	24 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Cobden Breakwater:
Closest wave buoy	SW Hawaii Buoy	4554 mi
Second closest wave buoy	W Hawaii Buoy	4603 mi
Third closest wave buoy	NW Hawaii Buoy	4843 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	NW Hawaii Buoy	4904 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	N Hawaii 1 Buoy	5065 mi
Tide stations nearest to Cobden Breakwater:
Closest tide station	Greymouth, New Zealand	1 mi
Second closest tide station	Hokitika River Bar, New Zealand	22 mi
Third closest tide station	Westport, New Zealand	52 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Okarito, New Zealand	75 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Lyttelton, New Zealand	111 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Cobden Breakwater:
Closest ski area	Temple Basin (New Zealand)	39 mi
Second closest ski area	Craigieburn (New Zealand)	53 mi
Third closest ski area	Broken River (New Zealand)	54 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Mount Cheeseman (New Zealand)	57 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Mount Olympus (New Zealand)	57 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Cobden Breakwater:
Closest city location	Greymouth (New Zealand)	2 mi
Second closest city location	Hokitika (New Zealand)	22 mi
Third closest city location	Westport (New Zealand)	52 mi
Fourth closest city location	Oxford (New Zealand)	78 mi
Fifth closest city location	Darfield (New Zealand)	86 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Cobden Breakwater is Hokitika Airport (HKK) in New Zealand, 35 km (22 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Cobden Breakwater is Westport Airport (WSZ), also in New Zealand, 84 km (52 miles) away.
• Third is Christchurch International Airport (CHC) in New Zealand, 160 km (99 miles) away.
• Mount Cook Airport (GTN) in New Zealand is 171 km (106 miles) away.
• Glentanner Airport (MON), also in New Zealand is the fifth nearest airport to Cobden Breakwater and is 185 km (115 miles) away.