Cliffs Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.69° S 178.04° E

Cliffs, New Zealand Weather Observations

Issued: 11 am 19 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cliffs sea temperature is
13.7°C
0.4° 

Current weather conditions and live observations for Cliffs based on the nearest weather station observations (including METAR, SYNOP, ship and quickscat wind data). This is the most reliable place on surf-forecast.com to see what is happening with the weather in Cliffs right now. Also check out the current weather map overlays on our dynamic weather maps.

Current Weather near Cliffs

as reported by 5 closest weather stations

Weather Station WeatherWindGustsTemp.Visibility
Visibility /
Cloud

Gisborne Airport

7 km WNW240 m above sea level

2 hours ago
clearDry
wind obs. (15 kph from 180 degs) was rejected
(- km/h at -°)
15 °C20 km
20 km
-
no observation
-

Gisborne Airport

7 km WNW240 m above sea level

3 hours ago
clearDry
wind obs. (11 kph from 135 degs) was rejected
(- km/h at -°)
18 °C10 km
10 km
-
no observation
-

Pouawa

13 km NE223 m above sea level

2 hours ago
Dry
10
light winds from the NE
(9 km/h at 45°)
15 °C-
-
-
-
-

Wharerata

31 km S557 m above sea level

2 hours ago
Dry
5
light winds from the SW
(7 km/h at 225°)
13 °C-
-
-
-
-

Tolaga Bay Area School

42 km NNE4 m above sea level

1 hour ago
Dry
5
light winds from the NE
(6 km/h at 45°)
15.1 °C-
-
-
-
-

Nuhaka (HB) New Zealand

47 km SSW2 m above sea level

1 hour ago
Dry
0
calm
(0 km/h at 0°)
18.1 °C-
-
-
-
-

Mahia

48 km S132 m above sea level

2 hours ago
Dry
10
light winds from the N
(11 km/h at 0°)
14 °C-
-
-
-
-

Mahia Automatic Weather Station

48 km S132 m above sea level

1 hour ago
Dry
15
light winds from the N
(15 km/h at 10°)
13.5 °C-
-
-
no observation
-

Wairoa Aero

66 km SSW7 m above sea level

1 hour ago
Dry
5
light winds from the NE
(6 km/h at 45°)
16.5 °C-
-
-
-
-

Wairoa

66 km SSW8 m above sea level

2 hours ago
dry
5
calm
(3 km/h at 185°)
10
18 °C-
-
-
-
0

* NOTE: not all weather observatories update at the same frequency which is the reason why some locations may show data from stations that are further away than known closer ones. We also include passing Ship data if it is recorded close to Cliffs and within an acceptable time window.

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