Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.69° S 178.04° E

Cliffs 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 30 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Cliffs sea temperature is
15.7°C
0.4° 

How big are the waves at Cliffs today (30 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 14s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 13s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Cliffs at 11PM is: 0.3m 13s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Oct)--
Afternoon (30 Oct)1ft (0.3m)14s
Evening (30 Oct)1ft (0.3m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Very mild (max 19°C on Mon morning, min 9°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SW on Fri night, calm by Sat night).

Fri
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
1
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
SSE
14
0.3
SSE
14
0.3
SSE
13
0.8
SSW
6
1.5
SSW
8
1.3
SSW
9
1.3
SSW
9
1.4
S
10
1.4
S
11
1.4
S
11
1
SSE
12
0.9
SSE
12
0.8
SSE
12
0.8
SSE
12
0.7
SSE
12
0.7
SSE
12
0.6
SSE
12
0.5
SSE
12
0.4
SSE
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
41
37
35
52
280
258
283
400
476
493
278
233
187
164
127
129
98
82
56
Wind (km/h)
10
W
25
W
20
W
30
SW
35
SW
20
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
25
S
20
S
10
SW
5
WSW
5
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
10
N
20
NW
30
NNW
25
NW
Wind State
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
10:01PM1.95m
10:33AM2.06m
11:00PM1.92m
11:33AM2.03m
Low Tide
3:56PM0.51m
4:15AM0.46m
4:54PM0.55m
5:15AM0.51m
5:53PM0.60m
rain showers
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
17
16
15
12
10
9
11
12
13
12
11
11
10
10
15
18
18
16
14
Feels °C
14
10
9
5
2
4
4
5
6
6
8
9
7
7
12
15
13
10
9
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