Surf Break

Lat Long: 21.26° N 157.80° W

Cliffs 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 28 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Cliffs sea temperature is
26.8°C
0.2° 

Cliffs surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Cliffs today (28 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 15s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 14s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 14s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Cliffs at 8PM is: 0.8m 14s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 28). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Oct)3ft (0.9m)15s
Afternoon (28 Oct)3ft (0.9m)14s
Evening (28 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 15mm), heaviest on Wed afternoon. Warm (max 25°C on Thu morning, min 24°C on Wed afternoon). Wind will be generally light.

Wed
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
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
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SSW
15
0.9
SSW
14
0.9
S
14
0.8
S
14
0.8
S
14
0.6
S
18
0.7
S
17
0.7
S
17
1.1
S
16
1.1
S
16
1.1
S
16
1.1
S
16
1.1
S
16
1.1
S
15
1.1
S
14
1.2
S
14
1.1
S
14
1.1
S
14
1.1
S
14
1.1
S
14
1.1
S
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
355
350
329
246
232
225
288
273
620
605
597
597
582
510
496
590
496
496
489
482
436
Wind (km/h)
20
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
5
ENE
5
ENE
10
NNE
15
NE
20
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
25
ENE
25
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
Wind State
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
5:13PM0.22m
6:37AM0.75m
6:17PM0.18m
7:38AM0.73m
7:58PM0.16m
Low Tide
1:14PM0.13m
10:42PM-0.00m
2:37PM0.12m
11:25PM0.04m
3:59PM0.10m
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
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part cloud
part cloud
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6:31
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6:33
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5:57
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 mm
1
4
4
2
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1
1
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Temp °C
24
24
24
24
24
24
24
25
25
25
25
25
25
24
24
25
25
25
25
24
24
Feels °C
25
27
28
28
28
27
25
26
24
25
25
25
25
23
24
25
25
25
25
23
24
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