Cliffs Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.69° S 178.04° E

Cliffs 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 pm 20 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cliffs sea temperature is
13.5°C
0.7° 

How big are the waves at Cliffs today (21 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (21 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 14s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 12s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 10s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Cliffs at 3AM is: 2.2m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.3m 12s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm September 20). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)14s
Afternoon (21 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Evening (21 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Very mild (max 18°C on Tue afternoon, min 6°C on Sun night). Mainly fresh winds.

Monday
21
Tuesday
22
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
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2
S
11
1.9
S
11
2.2
SSW
12
1.2
SSE
13
1.1
SSE
14
0.9
SSE
13
0.8
SSE
12
0.7
SE
11
0.7
SE
10
0.6
SE
10
0.5
SE
9
0.3
SSE
13
0.3
SSE
13
0.2
SSE
12
0.2
S
12
0.5
S
5
1.1
S
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
901
878
1316
462
421
253
180
126
110
73
41
33
32
14
11
10
124
Wind (km/h)
30
SSW
30
SW
15
WSW
10
WNW
10
NW
15
E
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NW
15
WNW
15
NW
20
NW
10
NW
10
SE
0
E
35
SSW
25
SSW
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
glassy
on
on
High Tide
00:45AM1.67m
1:14PM1.73m
1:39AM1.65m
2:07PM1.72m
Low Tide
6:47PM0.77m
7:06AM0.81m
7:43PM0.79m
7:59AM0.83m
8:41PM0.79m
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
light rain
rain showers
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:58
5:58
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:02
6:02
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
10
9
7
6
11
14
14
13
11
10
9
8
14
16
18
10
10
Feels °C
3
2
2
2
8
10
10
9
8
7
5
3
11
13
17
3
5
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