Cliffs Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.69° S 178.04° E

Cliffs 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 pm 08 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cliffs sea temperature is
13.1°C
0.8° 

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Sep)0.5ft (0.1m)9s
Afternoon (09 Sep)0.5ft (0.1m)9s
Evening (09 Sep)--

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Fri morning. Very mild (max 16°C on Thu morning, min 7°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Wednesday
9
Thursday
10
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
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
SE
8
0.8
SE
8
0.6
SE
8
0.1
S
9
0.1
S
9
0.6
SE
8
0.1
S
9
0.5
SE
8
0.5
SE
8
0.5
SE
8
0.5
SE
7
0.4
SE
7
0.1
S
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.1
S
17
0.3
SE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
100
0
0
2
2
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
6
9
Wind (km/h)
15
WSW
15
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
10
ESE
15
NE
10
NNE
15
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
20
NW
10
NW
0
SSE
10
N
15
NW
Wind State
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
off
cross-off
High Tide
3:33AM1.75m
4:11PM1.86m
4:48AM1.81m
5:18PM1.94m
Low Tide
9:17PM0.66m
9:47AM0.55m
10:31PM0.62m
10:55AM0.51m
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:18
6:16
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:52
5:52
 mm
Temp °C
9
8
7
8
10
12
12
12
10
10
9
9
12
16
16
14
12
Feels °C
6
4
4
5
8
10
9
9
7
7
5
6
7
12
15
12
9
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