Cliffs Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.69° S 178.04° E

Cliffs 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 10 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cliffs sea temperature is
13.7° C
0.9° 

How big are the waves at Cliffs today (10 Jul):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Jul, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 10s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 8s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Cliffs at 10PM is: 1.0m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 16s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm July 10). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jul)--
Afternoon (10 Jul)6ft (1.9m)10s
Evening (10 Jul)3.5ft (1.0m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Very mild (max 12°C on Fri afternoon, min 8°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Fri afternoon, light winds from the NW by Sun night).

Fri
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Mon
13
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
9 AM
12 PM
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
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.9
SSE
10
1.7
SSE
10
1
S
8
0.9
S
8
1.4
SE
10
0.7
SSW
7
0.6
S
7
0.5
S
7
0.2
S
19
1
SE
9
0.3
SSE
18
0.3
SSE
16
0.3
SSE
16
0.3
SSE
15
0.3
SSE
15
0.3
SSE
14
0.2
SSE
14
0.2
SSE
13
0.2
SSE
13
0.2
SSE
12
0.2
SSE
12
0.3
SSE
11
0.3
SSE
11
0.2
SSE
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
657
553
134
105
334
54
40
28
29
163
61
53
50
47
42
41
18
17
16
14
13
25
23
11
Wind (km/h)
35
S
35
S
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
W
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SSW
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
NW
10
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
Wind State
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
1:30PM1.89m
1:45AM1.89m
2:19PM1.90m
2:38AM1.86m
3:12PM1.90m
3:39AM1.84m
Low Tide
7:35PM0.54m
8:10AM0.42m
8:29PM0.54m
9:01AM0.42m
9:28PM0.56m
10:01AM0.43m
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:24
7:24
7:22
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5:00
5:01
5:01
5:02
 mm
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
12
11
11
10
9
9
10
10
9
10
10
10
9
9
9
10
11
10
9
8
8
8
9
12
Feels °C
4
4
4
4
3
4
5
6
6
5
5
6
6
6
6
7
7
8
7
5
4
4
5
9
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