Cobden Beach - The Channel Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.44° S 171.20° E

Cobden Beach - The Channel 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 06 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cobden Beach - The Channel sea temperature is
12.8°C
0.5° 

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


How big are the waves at Cobden Beach - The Channel today (06 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Sep, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 16s period with W swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 16s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 16s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Cobden Beach - The Channel at 10AM is: 3.5m 16s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Sep)11ft (3.5m)16s
Afternoon (06 Sep)8ft (2.5m)16s
Evening (06 Sep)7ft (2.1m)16s

Table - waves today at Cobden Beach - The Channel. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 43mm), heaviest during Sun afternoon. Very mild (max 14°C on Sun afternoon, min 7°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.

Sunday
6
Monday
7
Tuesday
8
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
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
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0
0
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3
3
4
2
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3.5
W
16
3.5
W
17
3.5
W
16
2.5
W
16
2.5
WSW
16
2.3
W
16
2.1
W
16
1.9
WSW
15
1.8
WSW
15
1.6
WSW
14
1.5
WSW
14
1.3
WSW
14
1.3
WSW
14
1.4
WSW
13
1.4
WSW
13
1
WSW
10
0.7
WSW
13
0.9
WSW
10
0.9
WSW
10
1.1
W
12
1.1
W
11
1.1
W
11
1
W
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
6545
6246
5764
3786
2979
2634
2181
1708
1441
1121
850
704
684
651
623
218
176
166
154
341
300
300
244
Wind (km/h)
5
NNW
10
NE
15
NNW
25
NNE
20
NW
20
WNW
5
N
15
E
20
ESE
20
ESE
25
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
10
E
10
E
10
E
10
E
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
SSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
0
SE
Wind State
glassy
cross
on
cross-on
on
on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
glassy
cross-on
glassy
glassy
High Tide
5:44AM2.74m
6:22PM2.77m
7:02AM2.80m
7:37PM2.91m
8:11AM2.94m
8:39PM3.09m
Low Tide
12:00PM1.23m
00:46AM1.10m
1:21PM1.12m
1:57AM0.94m
2:26PM0.94m
light rain
heavy rain
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
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part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:52
6:50
6:50
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:14
6:15
6:15
 mm
4
14
2
7
13
11
5
4
1
Temp °C
11
11
12
12
14
14
13
10
9
8
8
11
12
10
8
8
7
7
8
9
10
10
10
Feels °C
10
10
9
7
11
12
13
6
4
3
2
6
8
7
5
5
4
4
6
7
8
8
9
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