Cliffs Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.69° S 178.04° E

Cliffs 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 12 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cliffs sea temperature is
13.0°C
1.0° 

How big are the waves at Cliffs today (12 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (12 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 17s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 16s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 15s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Cliffs at 10AM is: 0.2m 17s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 12). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)17s
Afternoon (12 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Evening (12 Sep)2ft (0.6m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sat morning. Very mild (max 15°C on Sun morning, min 8°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
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
1
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
SSE
18
0.2
SSE
17
0.2
SSE
17
0.3
SSE
16
0.4
SSE
16
0.5
S
16
0.6
SSE
15
1.1
SSE
15
1.1
SSE
15
1
SSE
15
0.9
SSE
15
0.8
SSE
15
1
S
14
0.9
S
11
0.8
SSE
13
0.8
SSE
11
0.8
SSE
12
0.8
SSE
12
0.8
SSE
12
0.7
SSE
12
0.7
SSE
13
0.6
SSE
12
0.6
SSE
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
30
30
28
53
90
131
186
505
525
434
318
242
372
184
198
140
174
190
167
133
140
99
96
Wind (km/h)
15
WNW
15
W
20
SSW
20
S
15
S
5
SSE
5
NE
10
N
10
W
10
WNW
10
W
20
SSW
25
S
15
SSW
10
WSW
5
WNW
10
WNW
5
NW
10
NNW
10
ENE
15
ENE
10
NE
10
N
Wind State
cross
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
glassy
off
cross
cross
cross
on
on
on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
High Tide
6:33AM1.95m
6:53PM2.05m
7:17AM1.99m
7:34PM2.05m
8:00AM2.01m
8:14PM2.02m
Low Tide
00:26AM0.48m
12:37PM0.42m
1:10AM0.44m
1:23PM0.42m
1:52AM0.42m
2:08PM0.44m
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:13
6:11
6:09
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:54
5:54
5:55
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
9
9
13
11
11
11
10
10
9
8
11
15
14
12
10
9
9
9
9
11
12
12
11
Feels °C
5
5
8
6
7
9
8
7
6
5
8
9
8
8
7
7
7
7
7
9
9
10
9
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