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 pm 05 Sep 2026 (local time)

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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 (05 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Sep, local time) - 13ft (4.0m), 15s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Sep, local time) - 13ft (4.0m), 16s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Cobden Beach - The Channel at 9PM is: 4.0m 16s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Sep)--
Afternoon (05 Sep)13ft (4.0m)15s
Evening (05 Sep)13ft (4.0m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 103mm), heaviest during Sun afternoon. Very mild (max 14°C on Sun afternoon, min 7°C on Mon morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the W on Sat afternoon, light winds from the NE by Tue morning).

Sat
5
Sunday
6
Monday
7
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
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0
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0
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5
3
3
2
2
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
4
W
15
4
W
15
4
W
16
3.5
W
16
3.5
W
16
3
W
17
3.5
W
16
2.5
W
16
2.5
WSW
16
2.3
WSW
16
2
W
16
1.9
WSW
15
1.7
WSW
15
1.6
WSW
14
1.4
WSW
14
1.3
WSW
14
1.2
WSW
14
1.3
WSW
13
1.3
WSW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
6052
6982
7356
7050
6539
5279
5764
3304
2979
2460
1985
1708
1292
994
822
704
588
555
530
Wind (km/h)
25
WNW
30
W
20
W
15
WNW
10
NNE
10
NNE
25
NNW
25
NNE
20
NW
15
NW
10
E
20
E
25
ESE
25
E
30
E
20
E
10
E
10
E
10
ESE
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross
on
on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
4:56PM2.74m
5:44AM2.74m
6:22PM2.77m
7:02AM2.80m
7:37PM2.91m
Low Tide
11:22PM1.18m
12:00PM1.23m
00:46AM1.10m
1:21PM1.12m
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:52
6:50
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:13
6:14
6:15
 mm
1
2
2
1
3
15
5
7
20
12
7
4
5
8
8
2
Temp °C
12
12
12
12
11
10
13
12
13
14
11
9
8
8
7
9
12
10
8
Feels °C
7
6
8
9
9
8
8
8
10
12
9
4
3
2
0
4
9
7
5
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