Cliffs Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.69° S 178.04° E

Cliffs 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 29 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's Cliffs sea temperature is
12.9° C
1.3° 

How big are the waves at Cliffs today (29 Jul):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 10s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 15s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Cliffs at 11PM is: 0.1m 18s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm July 29). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 12s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.2m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Jul)--
Afternoon (29 Jul)0.5ft (0.1m)10s
Evening (29 Jul)0.5ft (0.1m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 15°C on Thu morning, min 7°C on Sat morning). Mainly fresh winds.

Wed
29
Thursday
30
Friday
31
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
Swell
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
10
0.1
S
10
0.1
S
15
0.1
S
18
0.2
S
18
0.2
SSE
17
0.2
SSE
16
0.2
SSE
15
0.2
S
15
0.2
S
14
0.1
S
15
0.1
S
14
0.1
S
16
0.1
S
16
0.1
S
13
0.1
S
14
0.1
SE
15
0.1
SE
15
0.1
SE
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2
2
4
6
24
29
26
22
17
16
4
4
5
5
3
4
9
9
9
Wind (km/h)
10
NNE
15
N
15
NNW
20
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
NW
15
NNW
15
N
15
N
20
N
20
NNW
20
NW
25
NW
20
NW
25
WNW
30
WNW
Wind State
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
High Tide
6:18PM1.74m
6:27AM1.71m
7:03PM1.80m
7:13AM1.77m
7:44PM1.87m
Low Tide
00:30AM0.80m
12:36PM0.70m
1:18AM0.75m
1:20PM0.65m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:11
7:11
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:15
5:15
5:16
 mm
2
Temp °C
14
11
10
9
9
9
10
15
15
12
10
13
13
13
13
15
15
13
11
Feels °C
10
6
6
4
5
5
6
10
10
8
6
9
9
10
8
9
10
7
4
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