Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.69° S 178.04° E

Cliffs 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 05 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cliffs sea temperature is
14.2°C
0.3° 

How big are the waves at Cliffs today (05 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 12s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 11s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 11s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Cliffs at 10AM is: 0.6m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Oct)2ft (0.6m)12s
Afternoon (05 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)11s
Evening (05 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Very mild (max 14°C on Tue morning, min 8°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the ENE on Tue afternoon, calm by Wed night).

Monday
5
Tuesday
6
Wednesday
7
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)
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
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)
0.6
SSE
12
0.6
SSE
12
0.6
SSE
11
0.5
SE
11
0.5
SE
11
0.5
SE
11
0.5
SE
11
0.4
SE
10
0.4
SE
10
0.4
SE
10
0.4
SE
10
0.3
SE
10
0.3
SE
9
0.2
SSE
9
0.2
SSE
9
0.2
SSE
9
0.1
S
16
0.1
S
13
0.1
S
12
0.1
S
16
0.1
S
17
0.1
S
18
0.1
S
17
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Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
94
90
87
60
58
57
56
36
35
25
24
14
13
8
8
8
5
3
3
6
6
6
6
Wind (km/h)
5
E
0
NNE
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
15
NE
10
N
10
NNW
10
NW
15
NW
10
NNE
20
ENE
30
ENE
20
NE
15
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
5
NW
5
NW
5
E
5
NE
0
WNW
Wind State
glassy
glassy
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
High Tide
1:04AM1.82m
1:40PM1.90m
2:04AM1.78m
2:41PM1.88m
3:17AM1.77m
3:50PM1.88m
Low Tide
7:24AM0.57m
8:00PM0.66m
8:23AM0.60m
9:06PM0.66m
9:30AM0.61m
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Temp °C
10
10
11
12
12
11
10
9
9
8
11
14
14
12
11
10
9
10
11
12
14
13
13
Feels °C
8
8
8
8
8
7
7
6
6
4
9
9
8
7
7
7
6
8
10
12
14
13
14
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