Dunedin - Cob Cottage Surf Break

Lat Long: 45.96° S 170.31° E

Dunedin - Cob Cottage 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 04 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Dunedin - Cob Cottage sea temperature is
10.6°C
1.6° 

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 (04 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 15s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 14s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Dunedin - Cob Cottage at 9PM is: 1.6m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 04). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Sep)--
Afternoon (04 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)15s
Evening (04 Sep)5ft (1.6m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Very mild (max 15°C on Sat afternoon, min 6°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the W on Fri afternoon, calm by Sun night).

Fri
4
Saturday
5
Sunday
6
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
3
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
5
4
4
3
2
0
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
SSW
15
1.3
SW
9
1.6
SW
14
1.4
SSW
14
1.4
SSW
14
1.3
SSW
14
1.2
SSW
15
1.3
SSW
16
1.4
SSW
16
1.6
SSW
17
1.7
SSW
17
2.5
SW
16
1.3
SSW
17
1.2
SSW
17
1.1
SSW
16
1
SSW
16
0.9
SSW
16
0.9
SSW
16
0.8
SSW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
225
269
1049
799
767
742
596
813
988
1462
1537
3855
1009
857
694
554
446
441
324
Wind (km/h)
35
W
30
W
30
W
30
W
30
W
15
NW
10
NW
15
WNW
20
WNW
30
W
30
W
20
W
15
WSW
5
W
5
ENE
5
E
20
SSE
10
S
0
N
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
High Tide
8:28PM1.58m
9:10AM1.70m
9:39PM1.60m
10:20AM1.75m
Low Tide
2:53AM0.34m
3:36PM0.38m
3:58AM0.29m
4:38PM0.33m
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:01
6:58
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:12
6:14
6:15
 mm
2
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
9
8
8
8
8
9
10
14
15
12
11
8
8
7
8
10
8
7
7
Feels °C
1
0
0
1
0
4
5
9
9
5
4
3
4
5
6
8
4
4
6
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