Cliffs Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.69° S 178.04° E

Cliffs 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 16 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cliffs sea temperature is
12.7° C
1.4° 

How big are the waves at Cliffs today (16 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 18s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Aug, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 16s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Aug, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 9s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Cliffs at 10AM is: 0.2m 18s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am August 16). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Aug)0.5ft (0.2m)18s
Afternoon (16 Aug)1ft (0.3m)16s
Evening (16 Aug)4ft (1.2m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 33mm), heaviest during Sun afternoon. Very mild (max 12°C on Sun morning, min 7°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (moderate winds from the SW on Sun morning, strong winds from the SSW by Tue night).

Sunday
16
Monday
17
Tuesday
18
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
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
Height Map
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Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
S
18
0.2
S
19
0.2
SSE
18
0.2
SSE
17
0.3
SSW
16
1
S
8
1.2
SSE
9
1.2
SSE
10
1.3
SSE
10
1.3
SSE
10
1.3
SSE
10
1.3
SSE
10
1.7
S
10
1.7
S
10
1.7
S
9
1.5
S
9
1.4
S
9
1.1
SE
9
1.4
S
9
1.2
SSE
9
1.4
SSE
10
2.4
S
11
2.5
S
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
25
28
30
27
51
124
232
258
325
307
346
290
561
529
486
388
318
182
299
227
365
1304
1655
Wind (km/h)
15
SW
25
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
30
SSW
35
S
40
S
40
S
40
S
40
S
40
S
35
S
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
25
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
40
SW
45
SSW
45
SW
45
SW
Wind State
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
High Tide
8:30AM2.01m
8:51PM2.10m
9:16AM2.02m
9:37PM2.07m
10:02AM2.01m
Low Tide
2:26AM0.46m
2:37PM0.43m
3:10AM0.46m
3:25PM0.47m
3:54AM0.48m
4:11PM0.52m
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:52
6:52
6:50
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:30
5:31
5:32
 mm
1
1
3
6
4
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
3
1
Temp °C
12
12
11
12
11
10
10
10
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
7
7
7
8
10
9
8
8
Feels °C
9
7
5
7
5
3
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
-1
0
0
-1
-3
-2
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