Cobden Breakwater surf break

Cobden Breakwater surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 01 Apr 2026 NZDT
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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
17.9° C
(Which is 1.7°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 2PM is: 0.9m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.1m 8s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Apr)3ft (0.9m)14s
Afternoon (01 Apr)3ft (0.9m)13s
Evening (01 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sat
04
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
W
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
W
1
W
1
W
Period(s) (?)9141413131313131310101010109141413131212101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3803182613172532494373612941151088078524770685958150228221212200
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
10
E
10
E
5
NNE
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
ENE
5
E
10
E
10
ESE
5
E
10
W
10
W
5
SW
5
SE
5
ESE
5
E
5
E
5
ENE
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
10
NNE
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscrossglassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
onglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:14AM
3.26
11:34PM
3.20
11:49AM
3.27
12:08AM
3.21
12:23PM
3.23
12:40AM
3.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:05AM
0.69
5:25PM
0.64
5:42AM
0.64
6:00PM
0.63
6:16AM
0.65
6:34PM
0.66
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sat
04
Sunrise--7:50-------7:50-------7:52-----
Sunset-----7:27-------7:25-------7:23--
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
----------------------11
Temp. °C111213171615141313121215151413131212121516141414
Feels °C (?)8910161414131212101113141312121111111415131312
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