Cobden Breakwater surf break

Cobden Breakwater surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 04 Apr 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
17.3° 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 10AM is: 1.3m 12s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 04). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Apr)4ft (1.2m)12s
Afternoon (04 Apr)5ft (1.6m)12s
Evening (04 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)10s

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


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Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tue
07
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
3
3
2
2
2
3
3
2
3
4
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
W
1.1
W
1.3
W
1.6
W
1.7
W
1.4
W
1.4
W
1.2
W
1.4
W
1.5
W
1.6
W
1.6
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
Period(s) (?)91212121211101013131313141414141313131313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1103714647227864574162966837598658921048938799754627531437361269202152111
Wind
(km/h)
20
N
15
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
N
10
N
10
ENE
10
E
10
E
15
E
15
E
10
E
0
ENE
5
NE
10
E
15
E
15
E
20
E
15
E
15
E
10
E
10
ENE
15
ESE
20
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:57PM
3.15
1:12AM
3.12
1:31PM
3.05
1:45AM
3.02
2:07PM
2.92
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:49AM
0.69
7:07PM
0.73
7:22AM
0.78
7:40PM
0.84
7:56AM
0.89
8:16PM
0.97
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tue
07
Sunrise--7:52-------7:54-------7:54-----
Sunset-----7:22-------7:20-------7:19--
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light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--11-1------------------
Temp. °C151616161717161414141518201815141413141921191615
Feels °C (?)12141514151615121211121519181311109101619171211
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