Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.69° S 178.04° E

Cliffs 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 28 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Cliffs sea temperature is
16.2°C
1.0° 

How big are the waves at Cliffs today (29 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 9s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Cliffs at 12AM is: 0.2m 12s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Oct)--
Afternoon (29 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Evening (29 Oct)1ft (0.3m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Warm (max 22°C on Thu afternoon, min 9°C on Sat morning). Winds increasing (calm on Wed afternoon, fresh winds from the SSW by Fri night).

Wed
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
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
9
0.3
SSE
9
0.3
SSE
9
0.2
SSE
12
0.3
SSE
12
0.3
SSE
11
0.2
SSE
12
0.2
S
17
0.2
SSE
16
0.2
SSE
16
0.2
SSE
15
0.2
SSE
15
0.2
SSE
16
0.2
SSE
16
0.7
SSW
7
0.8
SSW
7
0.3
SSE
14
0.3
SSE
14
0.7
SSW
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
28
17
17
14
27
24
14
23
27
25
23
22
25
25
46
68
40
37
40
Wind (km/h)
20
ENE
0
S
25
WNW
20
NW
25
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
25
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
15
W
15
W
20
WNW
20
WSW
15
S
10
SW
25
W
25
WSW
Wind State
cross-off
glassy
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
High Tide
8:11PM2.00m
8:44AM2.09m
9:03PM1.98m
9:37AM2.09m
Low Tide
2:06PM0.47m
2:30AM0.37m
3:00PM0.48m
3:20AM0.40m
3:56PM0.51m
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clear
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clear
clear
cloud
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part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
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Temp °C
17
18
16
13
13
13
17
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22
19
16
14
12
12
15
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16
15
Feels °C
13
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8
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