Cobden Breakwater surf break

Cobden Breakwater surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Sunday 07 Dec 2025 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
16.4° C
(Which is 1.4°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 8PM is: 1.9m 10s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm December 07). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Dec)--
Afternoon (07 Dec)6ft (1.8m)12s
Evening (07 Dec)6.5ft (2.0m)11s

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

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Sunday
07
Monday
08
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
1
2
1
4
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
3
2
2
3
2
2
3
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
WNW
1.9
W
2
W
2
W
2.1
W
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.2
WNW
2
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.1
W
1
W
1
W
1.1
W
1.3
W
1.4
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
Period(s) (?)121011111110111110101010121211121212121212131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)104776890791810071833201217561128962794674569511457472359299270341472653736603
Wind
(km/h)
20
N
20
N
25
N
30
N
30
N
20
WNW
0
S
5
NW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
E
10
E
10
E
0
N
10
WNW
10
W
5
W
5
S
5
SE
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
SW
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
glasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
glasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:13PM
3.46
1:47AM
3.36
2:07PM
3.38
2:41AM
3.24
3:00PM
3.26
3:35AM
3.10
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:28PM
0.58
7:55AM
0.74
8:23PM
0.70
8:48AM
0.86
9:20PM
0.84
9:41AM
1.00
Sunday
07
Monday
08
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
Sunrise-----5:50-------5:50-------5:50--
Sunset-9:00-------9:00-------9:01------
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
mod rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
----139-----------------
Temp. °C181717171615131516151412111115161616141211111517
Feels °C (?)16141413111313141514141199141414151311991414
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