Dunedin - Cob Cottage Surf Break

Lat Long: 45.96° S 170.31° E

Dunedin - Cob Cottage 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 08 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Dunedin - Cob Cottage sea temperature is
10.6°C
1.7° 

Dunedin - Cob Cottage surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Dunedin - Cob Cottage today (08 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 21s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Dunedin - Cob Cottage at 10PM is: 0.2m 21s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 08). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Sep)--
Afternoon (08 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)8s
Evening (08 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)21s

Table - waves today at Dunedin - Cob Cottage. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Very mild (max 12°C on Wed afternoon, min 4°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
8
Wednesday
9
Thursday
10
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
1
3
3
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
S
8
0.5
S
8
0.2
S
21
0.5
S
8
0.3
SSW
12
0.3
S
19
0.3
S
19
0.4
SSW
18
0.3
SSW
18
0.5
SSW
13
1.6
SW
13
0.8
SSW
13
0.8
SSW
13
0.9
SSW
15
0.9
SSW
15
1.2
SSW
19
1.3
SSW
18
1.6
SSW
18
1.6
SSW
18
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
31
30
35
30
27
66
64
106
61
99
809
195
195
392
369
1072
1156
1548
1728
Wind (km/h)
10
SE
5
NE
5
N
5
NNW
5
NW
5
NW
5
NNW
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
NNE
25
SW
15
W
15
W
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
SW
15
WSW
10
WNW
Wind State
on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
High Tide
00:39AM1.84m
1:10PM1.96m
1:29AM1.90m
1:57PM1.99m
Low Tide
6:29PM0.17m
6:48AM0.04m
7:19PM0.10m
7:38AM-0.01m
8:06PM0.07m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
rain showers
part cloud
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:54
6:52
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:16
6:17
6:20
 mm
3
1
Temp °C
9
8
6
5
5
5
7
11
12
10
9
5
5
5
6
8
8
7
5
Feels °C
6
6
3
2
2
3
5
8
9
8
3
0
0
-1
-1
1
2
2
1
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