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 1 pm Thursday 12 Feb 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 24.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Cliffs today?

The current surf forecast for Cliffs at 10PM is: 0.3m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm February 12). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 15s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 2.0m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (HST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (12 Feb)	1ft (0.3m)	7s
Afternoon (12 Feb)	1.5ft (0.4m)	7s
Evening (12 Feb)	1.5ft (0.4m)	6s

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

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

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	Thursday 12					Friday 13								Saturday 14								Sunday 15
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM
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
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSW	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSW	SSE	SSE	S	SSE	SSE	SSW	ENE	SSW	SSE	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SSE	SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	7	7	6	12	7	7	7	15	7	7	12	7	6	14	8	14	7	14	14	14	14	7	14
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	13	15	15	14	29	16	20	15	21	15	15	25	15	13	18	0	36	18	18	48	49	49	9	19
Wind (km/h)	ENE	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	ENE	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	ENE	ENE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:10PM 0.16					2:09AM 0.62			1:54PM 0.19					2:42AM 0.64				2:32PM 0.22				3:13AM 0.66
Low Tide / height (m)	9:24AM 0.11			6:19PM 0.03					9:39AM 0.09			7:09PM 0.00					9:57AM 0.07			7:54PM -0.02

	Thursday 12					Friday 13								Saturday 14								Sunday 15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01
Sunset	-	-	6:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
Feels °C (?)	19	19	19	20	19	20	19	21	19	18	19	18	19	20	19	17	18	18	18	18	19	20	20	20

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