Cobden Breakwater surf break

Cobden Breakwater surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am 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 7AM is: 0.8m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 29). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

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)


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Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
4
4
4
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
3
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
1.3
NW
1.8
NW
2.1
NW
2.1
NW
2
NW
1.8
NW
1.6
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
W
2.4
WSW
2
W
Period(s) (?)131414131313131391111111010169999999109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)23924324723929522922521830080296399678865312241317159712321259117710731102980705
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
5
ENE
5
ENE
10
ENE
0
N
5
NE
15
ENE
5
ENE
15
NNE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
E
10
E
10
W
25
WSW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
10
SSW
10
WSW
10
WNW
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offglassoffglassglassoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:32PM
2.85
9:01AM
2.98
9:30PM
2.96
9:52AM
3.11
10:17PM
3.07
10:35AM
3.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:47AM
1.10
3:17PM
0.93
3:41AM
0.94
4:05PM
0.80
4:26AM
0.80
4:47PM
0.70
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Sunrise----7:46-------7:47-------7:48---
Sunset-------7:32-------7:30-------7:29
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----2741-531221---------
Temp. °C171616161616171716151516161815151413131213141313
Feels °C (?)17161616171716181515151616181111988811111011
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