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Cobden Beach - The Channel Surf Forecast
/ West Coast South Island (21 surf breaks) /
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Cobden Beach - The Channel surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 02 Dec 2025 NZDTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Cobden Beach - The Channel surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Cobden Beach - The Channel sea temperature is
16.4° C
(Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Cobden Beach - The Channel today?
The current surf forecast for Cobden Beach - The Channel at 10AM is: 2.1m 8s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.9m 10s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am December 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (NZDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (02 Dec) | 7ft (2.1m) | 8s |
| Afternoon (02 Dec) | 6.5ft (2.0m) | 8s |
| Evening (02 Dec) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at Cobden Beach - The Channel. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 11 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 202 | 250 | 530 | 542 | 488 | 221 | 169 | 145 | 111 | 96 | 96 | 51 | 63 | 49 | 102 | 287 | 528 | 577 | 528 | 442 | 528 | 629 | 484 | 329 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- on | on | cross- on | on | cross- on | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | off | glass | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | off | off | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross | cross- on |
High Tide / height (m) | 8:52AM 3.04 | 9:13PM 3.20 | 9:45AM 3.19 | 10:07PM 3.33 | 10:37AM 3.33 | 11:01PM 3.42 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 2:37AM 0.75 | 3:02PM 0.76 | 3:30AM 0.64 | 3:55PM 0.63 | 4:23AM 0.58 | 4:47PM 0.54 | ||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 02 | Wednesday 03 | Thursday 04 | Fri 05 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | 5:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | 8:54 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:55 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:57 | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 |
| Feels °C (?) | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
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