Cobden Breakwater surf break

Cobden Breakwater surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Sunday 29 Mar 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
17.6° C
(Which is 1.3°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 9PM is: 1.3m 9s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.7m 12s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Afternoon (29 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Evening (29 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
3
4
4
4
4
3
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
1.3
NW
1.9
NW
2.2
NW
2.1
NW
2.1
NW
1.9
NW
1.8
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
W
2.4
WSW
2.2
W
1.8
W
1.6
W
1.6
W
0.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)1313131391111111010168999999101099914
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2952292252183008661100991825701153710241175115012591175107311261022904577449440336
Wind
(km/h)
5
ENE
5
NE
10
E
10
N
15
N
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NNW
25
WSW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
W
10
NW
5
N
10
ENE
10
E
10
E
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offcrossononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncrosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:01AM
2.98
9:30PM
2.96
9:52AM
3.11
10:17PM
3.07
10:35AM
3.21
10:57PM
3.15
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:17PM
0.93
3:41AM
0.94
4:05PM
0.80
4:26AM
0.80
4:47PM
0.70
5:05AM
0.69
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Sunrise--------7:47-------7:48-------
Sunset---7:32-------7:30-------7:29----
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-41-1443121-------------
Temp. °C171617181715151616171615151413121314131312111112
Feels °C (?)181717181614151616161211119881011101110889
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