Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.69° S 178.04° E

Cliffs 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 01 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cliffs sea temperature is
13.5°C
0.9° 

How big are the waves at Cliffs today (02 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 14s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 12s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 16s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Cliffs at 1AM is: 0.4m 13s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)14s
Afternoon (02 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Evening (02 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Very mild (max 18°C on Fri afternoon, min 10°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (light winds from the S on Thu afternoon, fresh winds from the S by Sat afternoon).

Thu
1
Friday
2
Saturday
3
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
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
SSE
14
0.5
SSE
14
0.4
SSE
13
0.4
SSE
13
0.4
SSE
13
0.4
SSE
13
0.4
SSE
14
0.4
SSE
14
0.4
SE
12
0.4
SE
12
0.4
SE
16
0.3
SSE
15
0.2
SSE
15
0.2
SSE
14
0.3
SSE
16
0.2
SSE
16
0.2
SSE
15
0.2
SSE
15
0.6
SSE
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
111
105
69
68
66
67
74
77
36
36
64
45
21
20
48
25
23
21
25
Wind (km/h)
15
ESE
5
S
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
5
WNW
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
N
15
NW
5
WNW
10
NW
5
WSW
10
S
20
S
25
SSE
35
S
30
SSW
Wind State
cross
on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
High Tide
10:19PM1.97m
10:50AM2.04m
11:14PM1.92m
11:45AM1.99m
Low Tide
4:12PM0.48m
4:36AM0.43m
5:05PM0.52m
5:30AM0.47m
6:00PM0.57m
clear
clear
clear
clear
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clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
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Temp °C
17
15
14
12
12
11
13
16
15
18
16
13
11
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14
12
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Feels °C
13
13
12
9
9
8
11
13
13
16
12
11
9
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