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Cobden Breakwater surf break

Cobden Breakwater surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 12 Feb 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
18.9° C
 (Which is 1.1°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 8AM is: 0.5m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)11s
Afternoon (12 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)11s
Evening (12 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.6
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.6
W
1.6
W
1.2
W
1.9
W
1.6
W
1.6
W
1.8
W
2
W
2
W
Period(s) (?)111111111111111113131313137887111099121515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6968696969696845101966455323619236825732668744039590917801709
Wind
(km/h)
0
E
5
E
5
ESE
10
E
5
NNE
5
NW
10
NW
5
N
10
NE
10
ENE
15
NE
20
NNE
25
NNW
10
W
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassoffcross-
off		cross-
off		glasscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		crossoncross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:12PM
2.57
7:45AM
2.57
8:18PM
2.63
8:51AM
2.67
9:17PM
2.74
9:45AM
2.82
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:25AM
1.47
2:05PM
1.45
2:37AM
1.43
3:07PM
1.36
3:35AM
1.31
3:58PM
1.23
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunrise---6:50-------6:52-------6:54----
Sunset-------8:45-------8:44-------8:43
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----------1374431-------
Temp. °C171616151821201918171717181716151514131215161716
Feels °C (?)19171715192120191817161515181513121110912131414
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