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Cliffs surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Tuesday 16 Dec 2025 NZDTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Today's Cliffs sea temperature is
18.5° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Cliffs today?
The current surf forecast for Cliffs at 11PM is: 0.1m 11s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm December 16). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (NZDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (16 Dec) | - | - |
| Afternoon (16 Dec) | 0.5ft (0.1m) | 10s |
| Evening (16 Dec) | 0.5ft (0.1m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at Cliffs. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday 16 | Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
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 kJ (?) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 64 | 75 | 77 | 78 | 77 | 56 | 56 | 37 | 34 | 27 | 15 | 14 | 13 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross- off | cross | off | cross- off | cross | cross- on | cross- on | off | on | cross- on | cross | cross | cross- off | glass | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross- off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 4:00PM 1.84 | 4:32AM 1.80 | 4:43PM 1.78 | 5:13AM 1.77 | 5:26PM 1.73 | 5:58AM 1.74 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 10:16PM 0.62 | 10:41AM 0.73 | 10:58PM 0.63 | 11:23AM 0.75 | 11:41PM 0.65 | 12:09PM 0.77 | ||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 16 | Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | 5:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:37 | - | - |
| Sunset | - | 8:28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:29 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:30 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | 1 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 9 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 24 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 20 | 22 |
| Feels °C (?) | 19 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 20 |
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