Cliffs Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.69° S 178.04° E

Cliffs 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 am 09 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cliffs sea temperature is
13.1°C
0.8° 

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Sep)0.5ft (0.1m)9s
Afternoon (09 Sep)0.5ft (0.1m)9s
Evening (09 Sep)--

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Fri morning. Very mild (max 16°C on Thu morning, min 9°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.

Wed
9
Thursday
10
Friday
11
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
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
S
9
0.6
SE
8
0.1
S
9
0.5
SE
8
0.5
SE
8
0.5
SE
8
0.5
SE
8
0.4
SE
7
0.1
S
8
0.4
SE
7
0.4
SE
7
0.1
S
17
0.3
SE
7
0.3
SE
7
0.2
S
15
0.2
S
14
0.2
S
19
0.7
S
6
0.2
SSE
18
0.2
SSE
18
0.2
SSE
18
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
6
9
8
17
15
29
35
33
31
30
Wind (km/h)
5
WNW
5
ESE
10
ENE
15
NNE
15
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
20
NW
15
NW
5
WNW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
W
10
WSW
10
W
20
SSW
10
SW
10
ESE
10
NE
10
WNW
Wind State
glassy
cross
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross
on
on
cross
off
cross
High Tide
4:11PM1.86m
4:48AM1.81m
5:18PM1.94m
5:44AM1.88m
6:09PM2.01m
Low Tide
9:47AM0.55m
10:31PM0.62m
10:55AM0.51m
11:34PM0.55m
11:50AM0.46m
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:18
6:16
6:15
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:52
5:52
5:53
 mm
2
1
Temp °C
10
11
12
12
10
9
9
9
12
16
16
13
12
10
10
9
10
11
12
11
10
Feels °C
8
9
9
9
7
5
6
5
7
12
14
11
10
8
7
6
6
8
9
9
7
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