Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Cliffs today (24 Sep):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (24 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 9s period with S swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (24 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 9s period with S swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (24 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 9s period with SSE swell.
The current surf forecast for Cliffs at 2PM is: 1.0m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.8m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am September 24). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 16s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (24 Sep) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 9s |
| Afternoon (24 Sep) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 9s |
| Evening (24 Sep) | 2ft (0.6m) | 9s |
Table - waves today at Cliffs. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Very mild (max 14°C on Sat night, min 7°C on Thu morning). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Thu 24 | Friday 25 | Saturday 26 | |||||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SE 10 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 12 | S 12 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 180 | 184 | 148 | 67 | 52 | 54 | 55 | 45 | 41 | 39 | 39 | 37 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 38 | 11 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | on | on | on | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross | glassy | cross | cross | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | cross | cross-off | off | cross-off |
High Tide | 4:18PM1.80m | 4:41AM1.78m | 5:08PM1.88m | 5:25AM1.86m | 5:49PM1.95m | ||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 9:59AM0.75m | 10:33PM0.71m | 10:49AM0.67m | 11:20PM0.64m | 11:32AM0.60m | ||||||||||||||||
 | |  | |  | | | | | | | |  | | | | | | | | | |
 | 5:54 | — | — | — | — | — | 5:52 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:50 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | 6:05 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:06 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:07 | — |
mm | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 7 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
Feels °C | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SE 10 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | ESE 13 | SE 12 | ESE 12 |
| kJ | 99 | 99 | 86 | 67 | 52 | 54 | 55 | 45 | 41 | 39 | 39 | 37 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 31 | 38 | 56 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 16 | — | E 16 | E 15 | E 10 | E 10 | E 13 | ESE 13 | ESE 13 | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | ESE 13 | ESE 13 | ESE 11 | ESE 13 | ESE 13 | ESE 13 | SE 8 | ESE 12 | S 12 |
| kJ | 5 | — | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 28 | 14 | 35 | 34 | 11 | 34 | 33 | 32 | 16 | 29 | 11 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | E 15 | S 15 | E 14 | S 17 | S 17 | SSE 16 | SSE 16 | SSE 15 | SSE 15 | SSE 14 | SSE 14 | SSE 14 | SSE 13 | S 13 | SSE 13 | S 12 | — | E 17 |
| kJ | — | — | — | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 16 | 12 | — | 6 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 180 | 184 | 148 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 42 | 124 | 45 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 45 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 45 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Gisborne and Mahia | |||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Cliffs surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest