Cliffs surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 23 Feb 2026 NZDT
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Today's Cliffs sea temperature is
20.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Cliffs today?

The current surf forecast for Cliffs at 2PM is: 0.6m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Feb)2ft (0.6m)6s
Afternoon (23 Feb)3ft (0.9m)12s
Evening (23 Feb)2ft (0.6m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thu
26
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.9
S
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SSE
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.5
SE
0.3
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
Period(s) (?)5666121111109991088867666610610
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)19252329235102666034271625182644384430151620151519
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSE
20
SSE
5
ESE
10
N
10
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
WNW
15
SSE
25
S
20
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
15
SE
10
ESE
10
ENE
15
NNE
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:16AM
2.03
11:42PM
2.01
12:04PM
1.97
12:33AM
1.97
12:53PM
1.91
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:01AM
0.46
5:33PM
0.41
5:49AM
0.49
6:23PM
0.43
6:41AM
0.54
7:15PM
0.46
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thu
26
Sunrise-6:43-------6:43-------6:46------
Sunset-----7:58-------7:55-------7:54--
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161617181717151415151921211917171717171718171515
Feels °C (?)131313141316131213141819171613141515151517151314
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