Cliffs Surf Break

Lat Long: 21.26° N 157.80° W

Cliffs 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 05 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cliffs sea temperature is
27.2°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 (05 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 12s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 12s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 12s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Cliffs at 9AM is: 1.5m 12s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 05). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 11s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 2.2m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Sep)5ft (1.5m)12s
Afternoon (05 Sep)5ft (1.5m)12s
Evening (05 Sep)5ft (1.5m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 22mm), heaviest during Sun night. Warm (max 27°C on Sat afternoon, min 25°C on Sat morning). Mainly fresh winds.

Saturday
5
Sunday
6
Monday
7
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
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
1
3
4
4
2
3
2
2
0
0
Swell
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Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
S
12
1.4
S
12
1.5
S
12
1.5
S
12
1.4
S
12
1.5
S
12
1.5
S
12
1.4
SSW
12
1.4
SSW
12
1.3
SSW
12
1.3
SSW
12
1.2
SSW
11
1.2
SSW
11
1.1
SSW
11
1
SSW
11
1.3
SSW
14
1.4
SSW
14
1.4
SW
14
1.5
SW
13
1.4
SW
13
2.1
SW
14
2.1
SW
14
2.3
SW
14
3
SW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
504
604
657
647
565
650
650
560
488
437
415
337
349
283
234
647
742
754
723
594
1688
1665
2185
3419
Wind (km/h)
25
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
NE
30
NE
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
15
E
5
NE
10
NE
10
NE
20
E
20
E
20
E
20
ESE
25
SE
25
SE
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
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
12:05PM0.69m
00:18AM0.21m
1:00PM0.73m
1:21AM0.26m
1:47PM0.73m
Low Tide
3:46AM0.09m
8:03PM0.13m
5:11AM0.08m
8:31PM0.10m
6:25AM0.07m
8:57PM0.08m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:15
6:15
6:16
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:43
6:42
6:40
 mm
1
5
4
1
3
1
1
2
2
1
Temp °C
25
25
25
26
27
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
27
26
25
25
25
25
26
26
27
27
27
26
Feels °C
24
24
23
24
26
24
26
26
27
27
26
24
27
27
26
29
27
28
27
27
28
28
28
26
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