Cliffs Surf Forecast

/ HAW – Oahu (122 breaks) / Hawaii (267 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (21.26° N 157.80° W)

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Cliffs surfForecast / HAW – Oahu / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Saturday 30 May 2026 HST

Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent

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 25.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Cliffs today (31 May):

Morning surf: Morning surf (31 May, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 15s period with SSW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (31 May, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 15s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (31 May, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 14s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cliffs at 12AM is: 0.8m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm May 30). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (HST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (31 May)	2.5ft (0.8m)	15s
Afternoon (31 May)	2.5ft (0.7m)	15s
Evening (31 May)	2.5ft (0.7m)	14s

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

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Warm (max 25°C on Sun afternoon, min 23°C on Sat night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Sat 30			Sunday 31								Monday 1								Tue 2
	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	S 16	SSW 15	SSW 15	S 15	S 15	SSW 14	SSW 14	S 19	S 19	S 19	S 18	SSW 18	SSW 18	SSW 17	SSW 17	SSW 16	S 20	S 16	S 16	SSW 19
Wave Graph
kJ	334	432	337	333	310	316	300	212	209	215	215	276	273	343	408	422	516	404	482	448	490	635	635	621
Wind (km/h)	NE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	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	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide	4:04PM0.63m				3:30AM0.13m				4:39PM0.64m				4:10AM0.12m					5:16PM0.64m			4:54AM0.12m
Low Tide				11:37PM0.05m			8:52AM-0.06m					00:19AM0.05m			9:25AM-0.05m					1:02AM0.05m			9:59AM-0.03m


	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—
	7:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:08	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:08
mm	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	1
Temp °C	24	24	23	23	23	23	24	25	25	24	24	24	23	24	24	24	24	24	23	24	23	24	24	25
Feels °C	22	23	23	23	24	23	24	25	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	22	23	22	23	22	23	23	24
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	S 16	SSW 15	NE 8	ENE 7	S 15	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	S 18	SSW 18	SSW 18	SSW 17	SSW 17	SSW 16	S 20	S 16	S 16	S 16
kJ	334	432	337	333	310	316	82	97	209	215	215	276	273	210	408	422	516	404	482	448	490	635	635	516
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 12	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 8	SSW 15	S 15	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	S 19	S 19	S 14	S 14	S 13	S 13	S 13	S 21	SSW 16	S 20	S 20	SSW 19
kJ	43	54	54	52	65	82	300	212	42	41	43	46	267	343	144	132	126	126	125	329	341	485	485	621
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNW 10	S 12	S 11	E 8	E 7	E 7	E 7	N 8	N 8	SSW 20	S 19	S 19	NNW 10	NNW 10	NNW 10	NNW 10	NNW 10	S 21	S 21	S 13	S 13	NNW 9	NNW 12	NNW 12
kJ	32	42	40	60	54	40	40	21	20	132	192	273	33	33	19	32	31	329	332	125	87	16	51	48
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 7	E 8	E 8	—	—	—	—	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6
kJ	157	72	71	—	—	—	—	79	62	65	62	65	131	128	125	125	121	111	105	104	110	100	131	175
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Rating (10 max)	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4
Distance (km)	7	3	3	0	0	3	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	7	3	3	3	3	3	3	7
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	3	4	4	4	4	2	2	4	2	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	8	5	4	5	4	6	4	4	5

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