Cliffs Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.69° S 178.04° E

Cliffs 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 am 09 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cliffs sea temperature is
13.6° C
1.1° 

How big are the waves at Cliffs today (09 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 10s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 11s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 11s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Cliffs at 7PM is: 1.5m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 22s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00am July 09). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jul)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Afternoon (09 Jul)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Evening (09 Jul)5ft (1.6m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 50mm), heaviest during Thu night. Very mild (max 13°C on Thu morning, min 9°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the S on Thu night, light winds from the SW by Sat night).

Thu
9
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 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
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
SSE
10
1.3
SSE
10
1.4
SSE
11
1.5
SSE
11
1.6
SSE
11
1.7
SE
11
1.9
SSE
10
1.5
SE
10
1.4
SE
10
2
SSE
10
1.9
SSE
10
1.2
S
8
1.1
S
8
1
S
8
0.9
S
8
1.3
SE
10
1.3
SE
10
1.2
SE
9
1.1
SE
9
1.1
SE
9
0.2
SSE
18
0.3
SSE
16
0.3
SSE
16
0.3
SSE
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
290
389
433
513
573
664
815
478
356
748
657
190
153
127
105
309
296
251
220
216
30
53
50
46
Wind (km/h)
40
S
45
S
45
S
45
S
50
S
45
S
35
S
45
SSE
40
SSE
40
S
35
S
35
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
15
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
12:42PM1.87m
00:59AM1.91m
1:30PM1.89m
1:45AM1.89m
2:19PM1.90m
2:38AM1.86m
Low Tide
6:40AM0.49m
6:45PM0.54m
7:24AM0.45m
7:35PM0.54m
8:10AM0.42m
8:29PM0.54m
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light rain
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7:24
7:24
7:24
7:24
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5:00
5:00
5:01
5:01
 mm
2
5
3
4
3
7
6
13
4
1
1
1
Temp °C
12
13
13
12
11
12
12
12
12
12
11
10
10
9
9
10
9
11
11
10
10
10
9
9
Feels °C
4
5
5
3
1
4
5
4
4
4
3
2
3
3
4
5
4
6
6
5
6
6
6
6
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