Cobden Breakwater surf break

Cobden Breakwater surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Saturday 11 Apr 2026 NZST
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Cobden Breakwater surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Cobden Breakwater sea temperature is
17.5° C
(Which is 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Cobden Breakwater today?

The current surf forecast for Cobden Breakwater at 8AM is: 0.8m 9s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Afternoon (11 Apr)2ft (0.6m)8s
Evening (11 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)12s

Table - waves today at Cobden Breakwater. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
0
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
3
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
W
0.9
WSW
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
WSW
0.6
W
1
W
0.9
WNW
1
W
1
W
1.3
W
1.5
W
1.7
W
1.7
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.6
W
1.8
W
1.8
W
2.4
W
2.4
W
2.5
W
Period(s) (?)109991313121212101010111111111111111212151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1841387855495150106282154196188396546663670663588584902887258023582733
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
0
E
5
WSW
5
S
10
ESE
10
E
10
ESE
10
E
10
ESE
5
ESE
15
SW
5
SW
5
S
5
S
10
E
10
ENE
10
NE
10
WNW
15
NW
15
NNW
20
NW
30
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassoffoffoffcross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:18AM
2.49
5:59PM
2.49
6:30AM
2.57
7:03PM
2.60
7:28AM
2.72
7:56PM
2.76
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:44AM
1.32
12:14AM
1.30
12:50PM
1.19
1:17AM
1.16
1:44PM
1.01
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
Sunrise--7:01-------7:03-------7:03-----
Sunset-----6:09-------6:07-------6:06--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
------------------211576
Temp. °C111012171916131211121317171514141313141615141513
Feels °C (?)981015171411989101714141314121213151312117
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