Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.69° S 178.04° E

Cliffs 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 04 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cliffs sea temperature is
14.0°C
0.4° 

How big are the waves at Cliffs today (04 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 15s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 14s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 13s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Cliffs at 2PM is: 0.5m 14s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)15s
Afternoon (04 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)14s
Evening (04 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Some drizzle, heaviest during Sun morning. Very mild (max 13°C on Tue morning, min 8°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.

Sunday
4
Monday
5
Tuesday
6
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
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
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SSE
16
0.5
SSE
16
0.5
SSE
15
0.5
SSE
14
0.8
SSE
14
0.7
SSE
13
0.7
SSE
13
0.6
SSE
12
0.6
SE
12
0.6
SSE
12
0.6
SSE
11
0.5
SE
11
0.5
SE
11
0.5
SE
11
0.5
SE
11
0.4
SE
10
0.4
SE
10
0.4
SE
10
0.4
SE
10
0.4
SE
10
0.3
SE
9
0.2
SSE
9
0.2
SSE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
91
140
125
116
217
151
140
98
114
90
87
60
58
57
56
36
35
25
24
23
13
8
8
Wind (km/h)
20
SSW
25
S
25
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
10
SSE
5
ESE
0
NNE
5
E
10
ESE
15
E
15
NE
10
N
10
NW
15
NW
10
NW
10
NNE
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
NE
15
N
Wind State
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
glassy
glassy
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
High Tide
12:41PM1.95m
1:04AM1.82m
1:40PM1.90m
2:04AM1.78m
2:41PM1.88m
Low Tide
6:27AM0.52m
6:58PM0.62m
7:24AM0.57m
8:00PM0.66m
8:23AM0.60m
9:06PM0.66m
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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6:39
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6:37
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6:35
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7:14
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7:15
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1
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Temp °C
10
10
10
11
11
11
10
10
10
10
11
12
12
11
10
9
8
8
10
13
13
12
10
Feels °C
4
4
4
5
6
7
6
7
7
8
9
8
8
7
7
6
4
5
7
7
7
7
7
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