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Cobden Breakwater surf break

Cobden Breakwater surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 18 Jan 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
17.9° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

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 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 18). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)11s
Afternoon (18 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)11s
Evening (18 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wed
21
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
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
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
Period(s) (?)111111111111111211111111111111111111131414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)68686868684951535149484747484949717495616199135133
Wind
(km/h)
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
E
10
E
5
SSW
10
SSW
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
10
E
10
WNW
15
WSW
10
SW
5
SSE
10
E
15
E
15
ESE
10
E
10
NNW
10
W
5
WSW
5
ESE
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offglasscross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		ononcrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		glassglasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:31AM
3.15
11:52PM
3.16
12:08PM
3.24
12:29AM
3.21
12:43PM
3.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:25AM
1.12
5:41PM
1.07
6:01AM
1.02
6:18PM
0.97
6:37AM
0.94
6:54PM
0.89
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wed
21
Sunrise-6:18-------6:20-------6:20------
Sunset-----9:09-------9:09-------9:08--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C111116202120161311101520181715131110162219181615
Feels °C (?)77111619171397612161515141186121816171513
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