Dunedin - Cob Cottage Surf Break

Lat Long: 45.96° S 170.31° E

Dunedin - Cob Cottage 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 12 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Dunedin - Cob Cottage sea temperature is
10.5°C
1.5° 

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 (12 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 16s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Sep, local time) - 15ft (4.5m), 16s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Dunedin - Cob Cottage at 10PM is: 4.5m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 2.5m 17s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 12). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Sep)--
Afternoon (12 Sep)10ft (3.0m)16s
Evening (12 Sep)15ft (4.5m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Very mild (max 18°C on Tue morning, min 8°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the W on Sat night, calm by Mon afternoon).

Sat
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
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)
5
5
8
7
7
2
3
5
3
3
4
4
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
S
16
2.5
S
16
4.5
SW
16
3.5
SSW
16
4
SSW
16
2.2
SSW
11
2.2
SSW
11
3.5
SSW
14
2.3
S
15
1.9
S
12
1.8
S
11
1.7
S
11
1.6
S
10
1.5
S
10
1.4
S
10
0.8
SSW
15
0.7
SSW
15
1.1
S
9
1
S
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
4511
3977
10800
6531
7425
1205
1111
3917
2342
955
783
651
514
443
369
292
228
196
165
Wind (km/h)
20
W
25
W
30
W
35
W
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
15
W
15
W
10
W
5
NW
5
N
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
NNW
5
NNW
Wind State
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
glassy
cross-on
glassy
glassy
cross-off
High Tide
3:47AM1.89m
4:11PM1.85m
4:33AM1.83m
4:56PM1.76m
Low Tide
9:37PM0.09m
10:00AM0.10m
10:23PM0.16m
10:48AM0.20m
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6:46
6:43
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:22
6:22
6:24
 mm
1
1
1
Temp °C
11
11
10
9
9
9
9
11
11
11
10
9
9
8
10
14
16
15
13
Feels °C
5
5
2
2
2
2
3
6
7
7
7
6
6
6
8
12
14
13
11
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