Cliffs 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

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Cliffs surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Sunday 28 Dec 2025 NZDT

Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent

Today's Cliffs sea temperature is 19.3° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Cliffs today?

The current surf forecast for Cliffs at 8PM is: 0.2m 3s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm December 28). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

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	Sunday 28			Monday 29								Tuesday 30								Wednesday 31
	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 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 See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	E	SSE	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	S	S	S	S	SE	SE	SE	S	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE
Period(s) (?)	8	3	8	8	3	4	4	12	13	13	9	9	9	8	6	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	9
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	7	8	15	14	7	12	13
Wind (km/h)	ESE	ENE	E	SE	NE	ENE	ESE	ESE	E	ENE	NNE	NNE	NNW	ESE	NNE	NE	NNE	NE	N	NNW	NNW	N	N	NE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:04PM 1.96				1:23AM 1.87				1:46PM 1.96				2:12AM 1.90				2:30PM 1.95				3:02AM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)			7:24PM 0.52				7:28AM 0.53				8:08PM 0.46				8:16AM 0.51				8:54PM 0.40				9:09AM 0.51

	Sunday 28			Monday 29								Tuesday 30								Wednesday 31
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-
Sunset	-	8:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:35	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	1	2	12	23	21	6	-	-	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	18	17	17	16	15	16	17	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	23	22	20	17	17	17	20	23
Feels °C (?)	15	17	16	16	14	14	13	14	15	15	18	19	21	20	22	18	23	22	20	16	17	17	20	22

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