Cliffs Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.69° S 178.04° E

Cliffs 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 10 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cliffs sea temperature is
13.6° C
1.0° 

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

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Jul, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 10s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Jul, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 10s period with SE 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 1PM is: 1.9m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 17s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00am July 10). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jul)4ft (1.2m)10s
Afternoon (10 Jul)6ft (1.8m)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 9mm), mostly falling on Fri morning. Very mild (max 12°C on Fri morning, min 8°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the S on Fri morning, light winds from the S by Sun morning).

Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Mon
13
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
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
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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Height Map
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Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.8
SE
11
1.7
SE
10
1.2
SSE
10
1.9
SSE
10
1.8
SE
10
1.7
SSE
10
1
S
8
0.9
S
8
1.4
SE
10
0.7
SSW
7
1.2
SE
9
0.6
S
7
0.2
S
19
0.2
SSE
18
0.3
SSE
18
0.3
SSE
16
0.3
SSE
16
0.3
SSE
15
0.3
SSE
15
0.2
SSE
14
0.2
SSE
14
0.2
SSE
13
0.2
SSE
13
0.2
SSE
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
703
623
267
670
600
565
131
105
334
57
251
40
29
32
61
53
50
47
42
20
18
17
16
14
Wind (km/h)
45
S
40
S
40
S
35
S
35
S
35
S
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
S
15
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
S
10
SSE
10
ESE
10
N
10
NW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
00:59AM1.91m
1:30PM1.89m
1:45AM1.89m
2:19PM1.90m
2:38AM1.86m
3:12PM1.90m
Low Tide
7:24AM0.45m
7:35PM0.54m
8:10AM0.42m
8:29PM0.54m
9:01AM0.42m
9:28PM0.56m
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:24
7:24
7:24
7:22
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:00
5:01
5:01
5:02
 mm
6
5
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
11
12
12
12
11
11
10
9
9
9
10
11
10
10
10
10
10
9
9
10
11
11
10
8
Feels °C
2
4
4
4
3
4
3
3
3
4
6
6
6
7
6
7
6
5
6
7
8
8
8
5
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