Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.69° S 178.04° E

Cliffs 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 29 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Cliffs sea temperature is
16.2°C
1.0° 

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

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (29 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 12s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 16s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 16s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Cliffs at 12PM is: 0.2m 12s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 17s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)12s
Afternoon (29 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)16s
Evening (29 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Warm (max 21°C on Thu afternoon, min 10°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Fri night, calm by Sat night).

Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 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
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
SSE
12
0.3
SSE
11
0.2
SSE
12
0.2
S
17
0.2
SSE
16
0.2
SSE
16
0.2
SSE
15
0.2
SSE
15
0.2
SSE
16
0.2
SSE
16
0.2
SSE
16
0.3
SSE
15
0.3
SSE
14
0.3
SSE
14
0.4
SSW
7
0.9
SSW
7
0.8
SSE
8
1.3
SSW
8
1.3
S
9
1.3
S
10
1.3
S
10
1.3
S
11
0.9
SSE
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
27
24
14
23
27
26
23
22
25
25
24
43
41
37
18
75
77
240
287
346
367
403
204
Wind (km/h)
25
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
25
NW
20
WNW
25
WNW
10
WSW
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
WSW
15
SSW
25
SSW
25
WNW
25
WSW
35
SW
35
SSW
30
SSW
20
SW
30
SSW
30
S
20
S
10
SSW
Wind State
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
on
on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
on
High Tide
8:44AM2.09m
9:03PM1.98m
9:37AM2.09m
10:01PM1.95m
10:33AM2.06m
Low Tide
2:30AM0.37m
3:00PM0.48m
3:20AM0.40m
3:56PM0.51m
4:15AM0.46m
4:54PM0.55m
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clear
clear
clear
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clear
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light rain
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Temp °C
13
13
17
20
21
19
16
15
11
11
15
18
17
16
14
12
10
10
10
12
13
12
12
Feels °C
7
6
11
16
16
14
11
12
6
6
9
14
11
11
7
4
2
3
5
5
6
6
9
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