Cliffs surfForecast / HAW – Oahu / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 17 Sep 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
27.1° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Cliffs today?

The current surf forecast for Cliffs at 9AM is: 0.4m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 17). An open ocean swell of 1.5m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Afternoon (17 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)15s
Evening (17 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)15s

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

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Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sat
20
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
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 (?)
0.4
SW
1.5
E
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
1.4
E
1.5
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)1661615151515157766141414131313131318181817
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)651736188878656551811961431197877105102139686868176243243232
Wind
(km/h)
35
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
E
35
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
35
ENE
30
NE
30
NE
25
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
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
/ height (m)
1:35PM
0.69
2:08AM
0.33
2:13PM
0.67
2:43AM
0.39
2:46PM
0.64
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:20AM
0.12
8:45PM
0.08
7:18AM
0.11
9:06PM
0.08
8:09AM
0.10
9:26PM
0.07
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sat
20
Sunrise-6:18-------6:18-------6:18------
Sunset----6:31-------6:30-------6:30---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C252525262525252525252626262525252525262626262525
Feels °C (?)222221232222242423222424242324242423242424252425
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for HAW - Oahu

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Cliffs (light winds from the E at Saint Louis Heights wx 4 km from Cliffs). 0.5m 10s swell from the SSE with a 0.3m 11s groundswell from the SSW and a 0.2m 16s long period groundswell, also from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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Actual: 30 min ago

8 km/h
E
Clean
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