Cliffs Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.69° S 178.04° E

Cliffs 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 20 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cliffs sea temperature is
13.7°C
0.5° 

How big are the waves at Cliffs today (20 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (20 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 13s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 9s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Sep, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 11s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Cliffs at 9AM is: 0.2m 13s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 3s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 20). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)13s
Afternoon (20 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Evening (20 Sep)6.5ft (2.0m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Very mild (max 17°C on Tue afternoon, min 6°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SW on Sun morning, light winds from the NW by Mon morning).

Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
SSE
14
0.3
SSE
13
0.2
SSE
13
0.9
S
7
1.1
SSE
9
1.8
S
10
2
S
11
1.9
S
11
2.2
SSW
12
1.2
SSE
14
1.1
SSE
14
1
SSE
13
0.8
SSE
12
0.7
SE
12
0.7
SE
11
0.6
SE
10
0.6
SSE
13
0.3
SSE
13
0.3
SSE
12
0.3
SSE
12
0.2
S
12
0.5
S
5
1
S
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
39
35
16
85
202
614
901
882
1382
577
474
321
184
135
115
64
113
33
29
26
11
11
89
Wind (km/h)
20
WNW
20
WNW
35
WSW
40
SW
40
SSW
35
SSW
30
SW
25
SW
15
WSW
10
WNW
5
NW
15
E
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NW
10
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
10
SE
10
E
30
SSW
25
SSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross
cross-on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
on
on
High Tide
12:25PM1.75m
00:45AM1.67m
1:14PM1.73m
1:39AM1.65m
2:07PM1.72m
Low Tide
6:17AM0.76m
6:47PM0.77m
7:06AM0.81m
7:43PM0.79m
7:59AM0.83m
8:41PM0.79m
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:01
5:58
5:58
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:01
6:02
6:02
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
14
14
14
11
12
11
11
9
7
6
10
13
14
13
11
10
8
8
14
15
17
11
10
Feels °C
9
9
6
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
7
9
10
10
8
7
4
4
11
12
15
5
5
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