Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.69° S 178.04° E

Cliffs 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 29 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

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

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

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (29 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 12s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 17s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 16s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Cliffs at 7PM is: 0.2m 16s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)12s
Afternoon (29 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)17s
Evening (29 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Warm (max 21°C on Thu afternoon, min 9°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SW on Fri night, calm by Sat night).

Thu
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
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
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
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
SSE
12
0.2
S
17
0.2
S
17
0.2
SSE
16
0.2
SSE
15
0.2
SSE
15
0.8
SSW
7
0.2
SSE
16
0.6
SSW
7
0.7
SSW
7
0.3
SSE
14
0.3
SSE
14
0.2
SSE
13
1
SSW
7
1.5
SSW
8
1.5
S
9
1.4
S
10
1.4
S
10
1.3
S
10
1
SSE
11
0.9
SSE
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
14
23
27
26
23
22
59
25
36
52
41
37
18
104
293
397
384
400
354
247
204
Wind (km/h)
25
WNW
20
WNW
25
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
W
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
WSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
25
WNW
25
WSW
35
SW
35
SW
20
SW
25
SW
30
SSW
25
S
15
S
5
SW
Wind State
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
on
on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
High Tide
8:44AM2.09m
9:03PM1.98m
9:37AM2.09m
10:01PM1.95m
10:33AM2.06m
Low Tide
3:00PM0.48m
3:20AM0.40m
3:56PM0.51m
4:15AM0.46m
4:54PM0.55m
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clear
clear
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clear
clear
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light rain
rain showers
clear
part cloud
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part cloud
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Temp °C
17
20
21
19
16
15
11
11
15
17
17
16
14
11
10
9
10
12
13
12
12
Feels °C
11
15
15
14
12
11
6
5
9
12
12
10
7
3
2
3
3
4
6
7
9
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