Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Cobden Breakwater today (08 Sep):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 12s period with W swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 12s period with W swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 11s period with WSW swell.
The current surf forecast for Cobden Breakwater at 12PM is: 1.1m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (08 Sep) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 12s |
| Afternoon (08 Sep) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 12s |
| Evening (08 Sep) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 11s |
Table - waves today at Cobden Breakwater. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastModerate rain (total 13mm), heaviest on Wed night. Very mild (max 11°C on Tue morning, min 3°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 8 | Wednesday 9 | Thursday 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | W 12 | W 12 | W 12 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | W 10 | W 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | W 11 | W 10 | W 10 | WSW 13 | WSW 7 | WSW 15 | WSW 8 | WSW 19 | W 19 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 214 | 197 | 353 | 341 | 284 | 217 | 164 | 214 | 374 | 435 | 460 | 469 | 407 | 400 | 381 | 320 | 225 | 372 | 395 | 775 | 734 | 1094 | 5909 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | off | off | cross-off | glassy | cross-off | glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | cross-on | glassy | cross | cross | cross | on | cross-on | on | on | cross-on | cross-off |
High Tide | 8:11AM2.94m | 8:39PM3.09m | 9:07AM3.09m | 9:29PM3.26m | 9:56AM3.21m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 1:57AM0.94m | 2:26PM0.94m | 2:54AM0.74m | 3:19PM0.74m | 3:44AM0.57m | 4:05PM0.58m | |||||||||||||||||
 | |  | |  | |  | |  | |  | | | | |  |  |  |  | | | | | |
 | — | 6:50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:48 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:46 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | 6:15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:17 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 5 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 6 |
Feels °C | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | W 12 | W 12 | W 12 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | W 10 | W 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | W 11 | W 10 | W 10 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 15 | WSW 14 | W 8 | W 19 |
| kJ | 214 | 197 | 353 | 341 | 284 | 217 | 164 | 214 | 374 | 435 | 460 | 469 | 407 | 400 | 381 | 320 | 225 | 372 | 225 | 775 | 734 | 647 | 5909 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NNW 8 | NNW 8 | NNW 8 | NNW 8 | NNW 9 | NW 9 | NW 9 | NW 9 | NW 8 | NW 8 | NW 8 | WSW 20 | WSW 19 | W 18 | W 18 | W 18 | W 16 | W 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 20 | WSW 20 | WSW 19 | — |
| kJ | 87 | 82 | 80 | 53 | 86 | 75 | 75 | 62 | 58 | 35 | 33 | 127 | 119 | 163 | 162 | 156 | 195 | 260 | 341 | 512 | 517 | 1094 | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | W 18 | NNW 10 | WNW 11 | WNW 10 | W 10 | WSW 21 | WSW 21 | WSW 20 | WSW 20 | NNW 8 | NW 8 | NW 8 | NNW 8 | NNW 8 | WSW 13 | WSW 22 | W 21 | — | — | WSW 14 | — |
| kJ | 131 | 125 | 25 | 38 | 22 | 33 | 47 | 88 | 88 | 80 | 127 | 26 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 67 | 156 | 233 | — | — | 514 | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 2 | — | E 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | NW 4 | WNW 5 | WSW 7 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | — | — |
| kJ | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 17 | 46 | 395 | 737 | 721 | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 122 | 0 | 63 | 122 | 122 | 128 | 153 | 201 | 180 | 122 | 0 |
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Cobden Breakwater surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest