Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.69° S 178.04° E

Cliffs 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 13 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cliffs sea temperature is
14.9°C
0.3° 

How big are the waves at Cliffs today (13 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (13 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 10s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Cliffs at 1PM is: 0.1m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 5s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 13). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 7s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.2m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Oct)0.5ft (0.1m)10s
Afternoon (13 Oct)--
Evening (13 Oct)--

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Warm (max 25°C on Tue afternoon, min 10°C on Thu night). Mainly fresh winds.

Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
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
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
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
S
10
0.1
S
10
0.1
S
10
0.1
S
10
0.1
E
7
0.2
ENE
4
0.1
E
6
0.1
E
9
0.1
E
9
0.1
E
9
0.1
S
17
0.1
S
16
0.1
S
16
0.1
S
16
0.1
S
15
0.1
S
14
0.1
S
14
0.1
S
14
0.1
S
14
0.1
S
14
0.1
S
14
0.1
S
11
0.1
S
13
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Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
2
4
Wind (km/h)
10
NNW
15
NW
10
NW
10
NNE
15
NNW
25
NW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NW
20
WNW
20
NW
15
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
15
N
15
N
20
N
20
NNW
25
NNW
30
NNW
20
N
5
WNW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
High Tide
8:28AM1.95m
8:36PM1.90m
9:08AM1.92m
9:17PM1.84m
9:50AM1.88m
Low Tide
2:14AM0.42m
2:36PM0.50m
2:52AM0.45m
3:20PM0.55m
3:32AM0.51m
4:05PM0.61m
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6:22
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7:23
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Temp °C
13
15
20
23
25
20
17
19
17
17
21
24
24
20
17
15
15
18
19
22
19
16
14
Feels °C
11
13
18
21
22
16
14
17
14
14
17
21
20
17
15
13
13
15
15
17
13
14
13
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