Cliffs surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 01 Apr 2026 NZDT
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Today's Cliffs sea temperature is
19.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Cliffs today?

The current surf forecast for Cliffs at 11AM is: 0.9m 13s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 01). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Apr)3ft (0.9m)14s
Afternoon (01 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Evening (01 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)13s

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


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Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sat
04
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SE
0.4
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
Period(s) (?)141413131313131313131212121212121716161515141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)472351257215181145149149149111104104104101995773107171158144916764
Wind
(km/h)
20
S
20
S
15
S
20
S
20
SSE
20
S
15
SSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
5
S
10
SE
10
ESE
10
NE
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
N
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
NNE
15
NNW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:26AM
1.94
6:50PM
1.90
7:07AM
1.96
7:31PM
1.93
7:44AM
1.96
8:10PM
1.94
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:38PM
0.53
12:54AM
0.49
1:21PM
0.48
1:35AM
0.48
1:59PM
0.46
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sat
04
Sunrise--7:20-------7:22-------7:22-----
Sunset-----7:01-------7:00------6:59---
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141415151515131312121315151514131212131717161513
Feels °C (?)101011101011101110111213131312111010111513131210
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