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Cobden Breakwater ratings
Quality on a good day: 5.0
Consistency of surf: 3.0
Difficulty level: 3.0
Crowds: 4.0

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Cobden Breakwater Surf Forecast / New Zealand

6 Day Weather and Surf Issued (local time): 17 pm Monday 04 Jun 2012

Cobden Breakwater surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

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Energy
Swell Map See all maps
Largest waves (m) & direction (?) 1.5
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.0
WSW
0.8
WSW
3.0
NNW
3.5
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3.0
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3.0
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2.5
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1.7
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Period (s) (?) 13 13 13 13 10 12 12 13 12 12 15 8 10 14 14 14 13 14
Surfscale
Wave
Graph

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Max-energy 755 543 326 212 1493 3349 2126 3331 1092 1259 1714 1081 2248 3496 2386 1541 1058 953
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW 10
NE 15
NE 25
NNE 10
NW 10
SE 10
E 15
SW 15
SSE 5
SSE 5
SW 35
WSW 25
WSW 15
SW 5
SSW 5
W 0
SSE 10
E
Wind State (?) cross cross-
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cross cross glass on on cross-
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Key to wind character - offshore winds at Cobden Breakwater blow from the ENE
onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy
High Tide
/ height (m)

10:37PM
3.50
11:06AM
3.50

11:28PM
3.54
12:00PM
3.48

12:20AM
3.51

12:53PM
3.40
1:11AM
3.42

1:45PM
3.27
2:02AM
3.28

2:36PM
3.12
2:55AM
3.13

Low Tide
/ height (m)


4:50AM
0.40
5:17PM
0.47

5:43AM
0.42

6:09PM
0.53
6:35AM
0.50

7:00PM
0.63
7:28AM
0.64

7:51PM
0.78
8:21AM
0.80

8:42PM
0.94
9:15AM
0.97
 

Note: the tide data above is for Greymouth, New Zealand which is 2 km away. Surf properties and timing are calculated for Cobden Breakwater. New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph.

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Today's Cobden Breakwater sea temperature is 14.6 °C (Statistics for 04 Jun 1981-2005 - mean: 13.6 max: 15.1 min: 12.2 °C)

Days 0-3 Weather Summary: Heavy rain (total 77mm), heaviest during Tue night. Cool air temperatures (max 13°C on Tue night, min 7°C on Thu morning). Wind will be generally light. Days 3-6 Weather Summary: Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Fri morning. Cool air temperatures (max 11°C on Fri morning, min 8°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WSW on Fri morning, calm by Sat morning).
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Summary some clouds some clouds mod rain heavy rain heavy rain heavy rain light rain rain shwrs clear clear rain shwrs rain shwrs rain shwrs some clouds rain shwrs cloudy some clouds some clouds
Rain (mm) - - 8 13 35 13 5 3 - - 2 3 1 - 2 - - -
High °C 11 10 12 12 13 9 10 11 9 9 10 11 9 8 9 10 10 10
Low °C 11 9 10 12 10 9 9 9 7 9 8 9 8 8 9 10 9 9
Chill °C (?) 10 9 10 9 12 7 9 11 6 8 7 7 6 5 8 10 10 10
Sunrise - - 7:56 - - 7:58 - - 7:58 - - 7:58 - - 8:00 - - 8:00
Sunset 17:08 - - 17:08 - - 17:08 - - 17:08 - - 17:07 - - 17:07 - -
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The above surf forecast table for Cobden Breakwater provides essential information for determining whether the surfing conditions will be good over the next 6 days. A general guide to surfing at Cobden Breakwater can be found by selecting the local surf guide option on the grey menu. Our Cobden Breakwater surf forecast is unique since it includes wave energy (power) that defines the real feel of the surf rather than just the height or the period. If you surf the same spot (Cobden Breakwater) regularly then make a mental note of the wave energy from the surf forecast table each time you go. Very soon you may start to choose your surf days based on the wave energy alone combined with our forecast of favourable offshore wind conditions. Our star ratings will help here and of course you will also find the usual wave height and period predictions on our surf forecasts as well as a full break down of the swell components under our advanced users option (to reveal that, click the little Einstein character under the tide times).

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Cobden Breakwater is 172 km (107 miles) from the city of Christchurch. If you plan a holiday in West Coast, look for hotels and other accommodation in Christchurch. Christchurch has rooms for a wide range of budgets as well as car hire and transport links.