Bluecliffs surfForecast / Southland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Sunday 29 Jun 2025 NZST
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Bluecliffs surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Bluecliffs sea temperature is
11.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Bluecliffs today?

The current surf forecast for Bluecliffs at 8AM is: 1.6m 18s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 1.1m 5s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am June 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Jun)6ft (1.8m)17s
Afternoon (29 Jun)6ft (1.9m)17s
Evening (29 Jun)15ft (4.5m)17s

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

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Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
01
Wednesday
02
Thursday
03
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
WSW
1.5
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
4.5
WSW
2.2
SW
1.7
SW
4.5
WSW
4
WSW
4
WSW
4
WSW
4
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SW
2
SSW
2
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)131817171717171717161616161515141414141413131313131313131315151515171615151515151414141414141414151514141414141413131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)28841473186017132164259913465279018781118310820100039793833259615673681563856221408340734060946106110459401024122314002190198118821762297516991655142312941018877700720641630720740848864859862742638545419413396373458444364
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
10
WNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
15
NW
15
W
25
WSW
25
W
25
W
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
5
N
0
SE
5
NW
10
N
5
N
5
N
10
NE
10
NE
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
10
NE
5
ENE
5
SSE
5
SSE
0
SE
0
NE
0
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
E
10
E
10
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglassglasscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:26AM
2.10
3:02PM
2.00
3:15AM
2.01
3:50PM
1.90
4:04AM
1.90
4:38PM
1.81
4:54AM
1.80
5:27PM
1.74
5:47AM
1.71
6:18PM
1.68
6:42AM
1.65
7:10PM
1.66
7:39AM
1.64
8:03PM
1.66
8:35AM
1.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:47AM
0.16
9:09PM
0.36
9:36AM
0.25
9:57PM
0.43
10:25AM
0.36
10:47PM
0.50
11:14AM
0.46
11:39PM
0.57
12:05PM
0.55
12:33AM
0.61
12:58PM
0.62
1:29AM
0.63
1:53PM
0.66
2:23AM
0.63
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
01
Wednesday
02
Thursday
03
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Sunrise--8:33-------8:33-------8:33-------8:33-------8:33-------8:33-------8:32-------8:32-
Sunset----5:13-------5:13-------5:14-------5:15-------5:15-------5:15-------5:15-------
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C86610121088777888899981112998787101198887799876667910888999999998888
Feels °C (?)4227965211233445555896654548107566446543222478677877666676655
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