Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.69° S 178.04° E

Cliffs 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 21 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Cliffs sea temperature is
14.3°C
0.7° 

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

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 13s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 12s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Cliffs at 9PM is: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 21). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Oct)--
Afternoon (21 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Evening (21 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 25°C on Sat morning, min 12°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.

Wed
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
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
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SSE
12
0.4
SSE
12
0.4
SSE
12
0.4
SE
11
0.4
SE
11
0.4
SSE
15
0.5
SSE
14
0.4
SSE
13
0.4
SSE
13
0.4
SSE
12
0.3
SSE
12
0.3
SSE
11
0.3
SSE
10
0.3
SSE
10
0.3
SSE
10
0.2
SSE
10
0.2
SSE
10
0.3
SSE
10
0.4
SE
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
59
56
53
32
31
87
115
70
66
61
27
23
20
19
19
9
9
18
23
Wind (km/h)
10
ESE
0
ENE
5
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NE
20
ENE
10
ENE
0
NNE
10
SW
10
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
0
ESE
5
NNW
Wind State
cross
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
High Tide
2:40PM1.79m
3:10AM1.71m
3:35PM1.82m
4:05AM1.76m
4:28PM1.86m
Low Tide
9:10PM0.73m
9:22AM0.75m
10:00PM0.68m
10:15AM0.69m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
15
14
13
13
12
12
16
18
19
19
15
14
13
12
15
16
15
14
13
Feels °C
13
14
12
11
9
9
14
14
17
19
14
12
11
10
12
13
12
14
12
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