Cobden Breakwater surf break

Cobden Breakwater surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Monday 02 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
18.5° 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 5AM is: 2.0m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 02). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 10s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Mar)5ft (1.6m)10s
Afternoon (02 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Evening (02 Mar)3ft (0.9m)11s

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


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Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
2
1
0
0
2
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
3
3
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
WSW
2
WSW
2.1
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.3
W
0.4
WSW
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
W
1
W
Period(s) (?)8910101010101111111111111111212020191818181616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)53665590157340730128124522217012312191909081132276361528522510548529
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
5
SW
20
WSW
15
SW
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
5
WSW
20
WSW
10
SW
5
S
5
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
5
ENE
10
NW
10
WNW
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
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
onononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:37PM
3.13
10:57AM
3.29
11:21PM
3.23
11:39AM
3.37
12:01AM
3.27
12:17PM
3.38
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:47AM
0.75
5:10PM
0.62
5:30AM
0.63
5:51PM
0.54
6:09AM
0.56
6:29PM
0.52
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Sunrise----7:13-------7:16-------7:16---
Sunset-------8:19-------8:16-------8:15
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C12976101515151187610141414131110912151615
Feels °C (?)10532612101073327119111198710131514
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