Cliffs surfForecast / HAW – Oahu / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Tuesday 16 Dec 2025 HST
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Cliffs surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Cliffs sea temperature is
25.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Cliffs today?

The current surf forecast for Cliffs at 6AM is: 0.8m 5s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00am December 16). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 13s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.5m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Dec)3ft (0.9m)5s
Afternoon (16 Dec)4ft (1.2m)6s
Evening (16 Dec)3.5ft (1.1m)6s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
W
0.7
SSE
0.7
S
0.8
S
1
S
1.1
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
Period(s) (?)10555566665666666655555109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)46242328558010697926786951161059566484342322927157118
Wind
(km/h)
20
S
20
S
20
S
25
S
25
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononononcross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:20AM
0.62
1:22PM
0.22
2:53AM
0.66
2:06PM
0.20
3:26AM
0.69
2:47PM
0.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:42AM
0.16
7:08PM
0.01
10:23AM
0.13
7:39PM
-0.00
11:00AM
0.12
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Sunrise---7:01-------7:01-------7:01----
Sunset------5:52-------5:52-------5:52-
cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-1-232242112222443221---
Temp. °C252525252525252525242524242424242423232324252524
Feels °C (?)252625252524252524222322222223242423232324252626
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