Cliffs Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.69° S 178.04° E

Cliffs 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 22 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cliffs sea temperature is
13.8°C
0.5° 

How big are the waves at Cliffs today (22 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (22 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 13s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (22 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 7s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (22 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 5s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Cliffs at 11AM is: 0.2m 12s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Sep)1ft (0.3m)13s
Afternoon (22 Sep)1ft (0.3m)7s
Evening (22 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Wed morning. Very mild (max 16°C on Tue afternoon, min 6°C on Wed night). Mainly fresh winds.

Tuesday
22
Wednesday
23
Thursday
24
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)
1
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)
0.5
SE
9
0.3
SSE
13
0.3
SSE
13
0.2
S
12
0.3
SE
7
0.5
S
8
0.5
S
5
0.7
S
6
0.8
S
7
0.5
SSE
7
0.7
S
8
1
S
7
0.7
SSE
7
0.9
SSE
8
1.2
S
8
1.2
S
8
1.2
S
9
1.2
S
10
1.2
S
9
1.1
S
9
1.1
S
9
1
S
9
0.7
SSE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
41
33
32
11
8
34
14
37
57
29
60
109
57
81
185
204
246
262
225
185
185
155
71
Wind (km/h)
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
15
SE
10
ENE
30
SSW
25
SSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
WNW
25
SSW
25
SW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
25
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
15
SSW
10
W
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
cross
High Tide
1:39AM1.65m
2:07PM1.72m
2:43AM1.66m
3:11PM1.74m
3:49AM1.71m
4:18PM1.80m
Low Tide
7:59AM0.83m
8:41PM0.79m
8:59AM0.81m
9:39PM0.76m
9:59AM0.75m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:58
5:56
5:54
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:02
6:04
6:05
 mm
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
9
9
14
15
16
12
10
10
8
7
10
8
9
10
9
7
6
6
8
9
11
10
9
Feels °C
5
5
11
12
14
6
5
7
5
4
4
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
2
3
5
5
6
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