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Cliffs surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 11 Dec 2025 NZDTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Today's Cliffs sea temperature is
19.1° C
(Which is 1.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 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) (?) | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
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 kJ (?) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 36 | 47 | 49 | 104 | 88 | 70 | 68 | 27 | 26 | 48 | 51 | 54 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 14 | 14 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross | cross- off | off | cross- off | cross | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | on | on | glass | glass | cross | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 12:27AM 1.90 | 12:59PM 2.02 | 1:24AM 1.90 | 1:49PM 1.99 | 2:19AM 1.89 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 6:24PM 0.64 | 6:38AM 0.65 | 7:18PM 0.64 | 7:32AM 0.67 | 8:08PM 0.63 | 8:23AM 0.69 | ||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 11 | Friday 12 | Saturday 13 | Sunday 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | 5:35 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:35 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:35 | - | - |
| Sunset | - | 8:23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:25 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 20 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 |
| Feels °C (?) | 20 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 |
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