Cliffs Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.69° S 178.04° E

Cliffs 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 03 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cliffs sea temperature is
13.3° C
0.9° 

How big are the waves at Cliffs today (03 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 10s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 12s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Cliffs at 10PM is: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 19s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm August 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Aug)--
Afternoon (03 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Evening (03 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 18mm), heaviest on Tue night. Very mild (max 15°C on Mon afternoon, min 5°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WNW on Mon afternoon, strong winds from the SSW by Tue night).

Mon
3
Tuesday
4
Wednesday
5
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
1
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)
0.5
SE
10
0.5
SE
12
0.4
SSE
12
0.4
SSE
12
0.5
SSE
12
0.5
SSE
15
0.5
SSE
15
1.3
S
9
1.8
S
11
2
S
13
2
S
12
2.1
S
11
2.3
S
11
2.5
S
11
2.4
S
12
2.3
S
12
2.1
S
12
1.9
S
12
1.8
S
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
52
75
60
58
85
135
123
269
723
1298
1174
1087
1276
1603
1575
1472
1225
988
887
Wind (km/h)
10
SSE
5
WNW
15
NW
15
W
15
W
25
SW
30
SSW
30
SW
35
SSW
35
SW
35
SW
40
SW
40
SW
45
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
30
SW
Wind State
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
High Tide
9:43PM1.98m
10:00AM1.91m
10:23PM1.98m
10:42AM1.92m
Low Tide
3:24PM0.54m
4:00AM0.54m
4:05PM0.52m
4:41AM0.50m
4:47PM0.51m
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:07
7:05
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:20
5:21
5:21
 mm
2
1
1
1
1
2
1
3
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
15
13
10
10
9
10
8
6
7
7
5
5
5
6
8
9
8
8
8
Feels °C
12
11
6
7
5
4
1
-2
-1
-2
-3
-4
-5
-5
-2
-1
0
1
1
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

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 locationNearest