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Cliffs surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Saturday 28 Mar 2026 NZDTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Today's Cliffs sea temperature is
18.9° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Cliffs today?
The current surf forecast for Cliffs at 7PM is: 0.1m 14s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 28). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 10s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.3m 12s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.6m 6s 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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| 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 | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 11 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 17 |
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 kJ (?) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 30 | 32 | 55 | 56 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross- off | cross | glass | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 2:38PM 1.75 | 3:15AM 1.84 | 3:59PM 1.74 | 4:31AM 1.85 | 5:13PM 1.79 | 5:37AM 1.90 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 8:32AM 0.69 | 8:56PM 0.63 | 9:41AM 0.69 | 10:08PM 0.63 | 10:50AM 0.65 | 11:17PM 0.59 | ||||||||||||||||||
Saturday 28 | Sunday 29 | Monday 30 | Tuesday 31 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | 7:07 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:06 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:05 | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 19 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 25 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 |
| Feels °C (?) | 19 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 24 | 22 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 16 |
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