Cliffs Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.69° S 178.04° E

Cliffs 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 am 25 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cliffs sea temperature is
12.6° C
1.8° 

How big are the waves at Cliffs today (25 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (25 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 18s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (25 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 17s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (25 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 6s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Cliffs at 6PM is: 0.1m 18s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am July 25). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 11s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.2m 17s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Jul)0.5ft (0.1m)18s
Afternoon (25 Jul)0.5ft (0.1m)17s
Evening (25 Jul)2ft (0.6m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Very mild (max 13°C on Sat morning, min 5°C on Sun night). Mainly fresh winds.

Sat
25
Sunday
26
Monday
27
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
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Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
SE
18
0.1
SE
18
0.1
SE
17
0.1
S
18
0.6
S
6
1.1
SSW
7
1.2
SSW
8
1.1
SSW
8
1.1
S
8
1
S
8
0.8
SSE
8
1.1
S
8
1
S
8
1
S
8
1
S
8
1.1
S
8
1.3
S
9
1.5
S
9
1.5
S
10
1.2
SE
12
1.4
SSE
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
13
12
12
6
23
105
151
167
165
140
80
163
135
135
135
160
257
382
400
437
460
Wind (km/h)
15
NW
15
WNW
25
SW
20
SW
35
SW
30
SW
30
SW
25
WSW
20
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
25
SW
30
SW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
High Tide
2:25PM1.76m
2:39AM1.70m
3:12PM1.71m
3:34AM1.65m
4:09PM1.68m
Low Tide
8:14AM0.67m
8:41PM0.79m
9:00AM0.72m
9:33PM0.82m
9:52AM0.75m
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part cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:16
7:15
7:13
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:12
5:13
5:14
 mm
1
1
1
Temp °C
11
13
12
11
10
10
9
8
9
10
10
9
8
7
6
5
7
10
10
9
9
Feels °C
8
9
6
6
3
3
2
2
4
4
3
2
2
2
0
-1
0
3
3
2
3
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