Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.69° S 178.04° E

Cliffs 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 03 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cliffs sea temperature is
14.0°C
0.4° 

How big are the waves at Cliffs today (04 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 16s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 14s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 13s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Cliffs at 2AM is: 0.7m 6s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 03). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Afternoon (04 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)14s
Evening (04 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Very mild (max 14°C on Tue morning, min 8°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Sat night, light winds from the E by Sun night).

Sat
3
Sunday
4
Monday
5
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
1
1
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
SSE
15
0.2
SSE
15
0.6
SSE
6
0.7
SSE
6
0.4
SSE
16
0.5
SSE
16
0.5
SSE
15
1.1
S
14
0.8
SSE
14
0.7
SSE
13
0.7
SSE
13
0.6
SSE
12
0.6
SSE
12
0.6
SSE
12
0.6
SSE
11
0.5
SE
11
0.5
SE
11
0.5
SE
11
0.5
SE
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
23
21
25
34
91
140
125
478
243
151
140
98
94
90
87
60
58
57
56
Wind (km/h)
25
SSE
25
SSE
30
S
30
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SE
5
E
5
E
10
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
15
NNE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
High Tide
00:08AM1.87m
12:41PM1.95m
1:04AM1.82m
1:40PM1.90m
Low Tide
6:00PM0.57m
6:27AM0.52m
6:58PM0.62m
7:24AM0.57m
8:00PM0.66m
cloud
light rain
light rain
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light rain
light rain
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part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
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clear
clear
clear
clear
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6:37
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7:14
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2
4
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Temp °C
13
11
10
11
10
10
10
11
11
11
11
10
10
11
11
12
12
11
10
Feels °C
8
6
4
4
4
4
4
5
6
7
7
7
7
8
8
8
8
7
6
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