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Cliffs surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 10 Mar 2026 NZDT
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Today's Cliffs sea temperature is
18.9° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Cliffs today?

The current surf forecast for Cliffs at 1PM is: 0.9m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 10). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Mar)3ft (0.9m)8s
Afternoon (10 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Evening (10 Mar)2ft (0.6m)7s

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

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Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Fri
13
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
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 (?)
0.5
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
SSE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
Period(s) (?)6788886666998811111111111110101112
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)207610511190452620141087181831313030303028273247
Wind
(km/h)
25
S
25
S
20
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
15
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
NE
5
NE
5
NNE
5
N
10
NNE
20
NE
30
NE
25
NE
15
N
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		offcross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:43AM
1.83
12:10AM
1.82
12:26PM
1.77
12:54AM
1.78
1:11PM
1.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:38AM
0.62
6:02PM
0.62
6:22AM
0.68
6:47PM
0.69
7:10AM
0.72
7:33PM
0.75
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Fri
13
Sunrise-6:58--------7:00-------7:01-----
Sunset-----7:36-------7:34-------7:32--
light rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
21----------------------
Temp. °C161516161616151515151616161615151515161920181615
Feels °C (?)121112121213121212121313121314141415151616151514
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