Cobden Breakwater surf break

Cobden Breakwater surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 16 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
17.1° C
(Which is 1.6°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 10AM is: 4.0m 10s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)13ft (4.0m)10s
Afternoon (16 Apr)13ft (4.0m)11s
Evening (16 Apr)11ft (3.5m)12s

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


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Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
2
4
4
4
3
2
1
1
0
!
1
3
3
2
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
W
4
W
4
W
4
W
4
W
4
W
3.5
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.2
W
2.2
W
1.6
W
3
NW
3.5
WNW
4
WNW
2.5
W
1.9
WSW
1.8
W
2.1
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
Period(s) (?)101010111111121212121212131388910101112121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)269931553412342336803464303927392262195216651415156886510081820243012257847621194188419151918
Wind
(km/h)
35
WSW
35
WSW
30
SW
35
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
20
SW
10
SW
5
SSE
5
ENE
5
NNE
15
N
20
NNW
25
NNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
30
NW
15
WNW
5
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
5
N
5
NE
0
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononononcross-
on
glassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
glassoffglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:37AM
3.28
10:03PM
3.27
10:18AM
3.42
10:43PM
3.38
11:00AM
3.49
11:24PM
3.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:30AM
0.63
3:51PM
0.48
4:09AM
0.50
4:31PM
0.40
4:50AM
0.44
5:13PM
0.40
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
Sunrise--7:07-------7:07-------7:09-----
Sunset-----6:01-------6:00------5:58---
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
34322211--1124610166322221
Temp. °C121112121212121110111214151515151515151615141212
Feels °C (?)4354467891011111211991113151513141112
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