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Dunedin - Cob Cottage surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 08 Jan 2026 NZDT
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Dunedin - Cob Cottage surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Dunedin - Cob Cottage sea temperature is
15.2° C
 (Which is 2.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Dunedin - Cob Cottage today?

The current surf forecast for Dunedin - Cob Cottage at 10AM is: 0.2m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 08). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)13s
Afternoon (08 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Evening (08 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)101213131314141313121217661691515151414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)101417656212011099958958571721398288767371706911611161
Wind
(km/h)
0
WNW
5
NW
5
NE
15
E
5
NNE
10
NE
10
NNW
5
WNW
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
W
15
SW
25
S
15
S
5
NE
10
NNE
10
N
5
N
0
W
15
WNW
5
WNW
10
NE
10
NNW
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscrosscross-
on		glasscrosscross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		glassglassoffglasscrosscross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:27AM
1.82
7:50PM
1.70
8:20AM
1.71
8:46PM
1.62
9:14AM
1.62
9:45PM
1.56
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:15AM
0.14
1:47PM
0.23
2:09AM
0.23
2:40PM
0.30
3:03AM
0.33
3:33PM
0.36
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
Sunrise-5:58-------5:58-------6:00------
Sunset-----9:30-------9:30-------9:30--
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
light rain
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-----1---11-----13451---
Temp. °C141417192016171715151418191713121112131824202020
Feels °C (?)15141717191617171414111514141110912141724201818
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