Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.69° S 178.04° E

Cliffs, New Zealand Weather Observations

Issued: 6 am 04 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cliffs sea temperature is
15.3°C
0.1° 

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

38 minutes ago
clearDry
10
light winds from the NW
(9 km/h at 315°)
15 °C10 km
10 km
-
no observation
-

Gisborne Airport

7 km WNW240 m above sea level

2 hours ago
clearDry
10
light winds from the NW
(9 km/h at 315°)
15 °C20 km
20 km
-
no observation
-

Pouawa

13 km NE223 m above sea level

38 minutes ago
Dry
wind obs. (19 kph from 270 degs) was rejected
(- km/h at -°)
15 °C-
-
-
-
-

Wharerata

31 km S557 m above sea level

2 hours ago
Dry
5
light winds from the N
(6 km/h at 0°)
14 °C-
-
-
-
-

Tolaga Bay Area School

42 km NNE4 m above sea level

28 minutes ago
Dry
5
calm
(4 km/h at 270°)
15.0 °C-
-
-
-
-

Nuhaka (HB) New Zealand

47 km SSW2 m above sea level

25 minutes ago
Dry
0
calm
(2 km/h at 225°)
17.0 °C-
-
-
-
-

Mahia

48 km S132 m above sea level

38 minutes ago
Dry
5
light winds from the N
(7 km/h at 0°)
18 °C-
-
-
-
-

Mahia Automatic Weather Station

48 km S132 m above sea level

28 minutes ago
Dry
5
calm
(4 km/h at 320°)
17.4 °C-
-
-
no observation
-

Mahia Radar Automatic Weather Station

55 km S375 m above sea level

3 hours ago
No weather report
wind obs. (17 kph from 225 degs) was rejected
(- km/h at -°)
13.0 °C-
-
-
-
-

Traffords Hill, Matawai Automatic Weather Station

63 km WNW726 m above sea level

28 minutes ago
Dry
0
calm
(2 km/h at 315°)
12.3 °C-
-
-
-
-

* 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.

Nearest locationNearest