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Cliffs surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 07 Feb 2026 NZDT
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Today's Cliffs sea temperature is
20.3° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Cliffs today?

The current surf forecast for Cliffs at 10PM is: 0.1m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 07). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 8s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.1m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Feb)--
Afternoon (07 Feb)--
Evening (07 Feb)0.5ft (0.1m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 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
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.2
E
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.4
SSW
0.3
S
0.3
SSW
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.2
S
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.3
SSE
Period(s) (?)87888131313131456613136666513131314
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)0022033334966333443316171737
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
5
ENE
5
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
NNW
20
SE
25
SSE
15
SSE
10
SW
10
W
10
W
10
W
5
S
10
SE
15
SE
10
SE
5
SE
5
SW
5
SSW
5
ENE
10
ENE
20
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrossglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		crosscrossglasscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		glassglassglasscross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:24PM
1.96
11:45AM
1.99
12:08AM
1.92
12:25PM
1.93
12:51AM
1.87
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:19PM
0.52
5:33AM
0.56
6:02PM
0.55
6:16AM
0.62
6:46PM
0.59
6:59AM
0.67
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Sunrise-----6:26-------6:26-------6:28--
Sunset-8:16-------8:15-------8:15------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
Rain (mm)
-----------------------1
Temp. °C222221201918222221191817161619202019191918181920
Feels °C (?)212221191817222018171717161620201919202019191919
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