Cliffs Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.69° S 178.04° E

Cliffs 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 06 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cliffs sea temperature is
13.2°C
0.8° 

How big are the waves at Cliffs today (06 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 9s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 16s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Cliffs at 10PM is: 0.2m 17s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Sep)--
Afternoon (06 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)9s
Evening (06 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Mon afternoon. Very mild (max 17°C on Mon morning, min 7°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the WSW on Mon night, light winds from the WNW by Wed morning).

Sun
6
Monday
7
Tuesday
8
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
SSE
9
0.2
S
17
0.2
S
16
0.2
SSE
17
0.1
S
17
0.1
S
17
0.1
S
16
0.1
S
16
0.1
S
16
0.3
S
8
0.6
SSE
8
0.9
SSE
9
1.6
SSW
9
1.6
SSW
9
1.6
SSW
8
1.5
S
8
1.4
S
8
1.3
S
8
1.2
S
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
8
23
21
28
6
6
5
5
5
12
48
121
413
358
326
298
252
213
177
Wind (km/h)
20
NNW
20
NNW
25
NW
25
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
10
NNW
20
WSW
20
WNW
30
WNW
40
WSW
40
SW
40
SW
35
SW
30
SW
30
SW
25
SW
20
SW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
High Tide
12:49PM1.88m
1:09AM1.78m
1:45PM1.84m
2:13AM1.74m
2:51PM1.83m
Low Tide
7:03PM0.63m
7:32AM0.54m
8:06PM0.66m
8:34AM0.56m
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:20
6:20
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:49
5:50
5:51
 mm
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
16
14
15
15
15
16
17
17
13
11
11
10
9
9
10
10
11
11
11
Feels °C
12
9
10
10
12
14
14
16
10
7
5
1
0
0
2
3
5
5
6
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