Cliffs Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.69° S 178.04° E

Cliffs 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 10 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

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

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Sep)--
Afternoon (10 Sep)--
Evening (10 Sep)1ft (0.3m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 16°C on Thu morning, min 7°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Thursday
10
Friday
11
Saturday
12
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
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
SE
7
0.4
SE
7
0.4
SE
7
0.4
SE
7
0.4
SE
7
0.1
S
17
0.3
SE
7
0.3
SE
7
0.2
S
15
0.2
S
14
0.2
S
19
0.2
SSE
19
0.2
SSE
18
0.2
SSE
18
0.2
SSE
18
0.2
SSE
18
0.2
SSE
17
0.2
SSE
17
0.2
SSE
17
0.3
SSE
16
0.4
SSE
16
0.5
S
16
0.6
SSE
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
0
0
0
0
0
6
9
8
17
15
29
34
32
31
30
30
30
30
29
53
89
131
191
Wind (km/h)
15
NNW
15
NW
20
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
WSW
10
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
5
WSW
15
ESE
10
NNE
10
WNW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
20
SW
25
S
20
SSE
10
SSE
5
N
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
glassy
cross
off
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
High Tide
4:48AM1.81m
5:18PM1.94m
5:44AM1.88m
6:09PM2.01m
6:33AM1.95m
6:53PM2.05m
Low Tide
10:55AM0.51m
11:34PM0.55m
11:50AM0.46m
00:26AM0.48m
12:37PM0.42m
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:16
6:15
6:13
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:52
5:53
5:54
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
9
9
13
16
16
14
12
11
10
10
10
11
12
11
10
9
8
8
13
12
12
10
9
Feels °C
5
5
9
12
12
11
9
8
8
7
7
9
9
8
8
6
5
5
8
6
7
7
7
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