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Clarence River surf break

Clarence River surfForecast / Kaikoura and Marlborough / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Sunday 11 Jan 2026 NZDT
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Clarence River surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Clarence River sea temperature is
17.9° C
 (Which is 2.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Clarence River today?

The current surf forecast for Clarence River at 2PM is: 0.2m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 11). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 6s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.3m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)6s
Afternoon (11 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)13s
Evening (11 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
N
0.2
SSW
0.5
NE
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.3
SSW
0.2
S
0.5
S
0.7
SSW
1.8
S
1.9
S
1.9
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
Period(s) (?)61261399161514121111101212111110101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)351518321521112204865804835783957690526434402338331277234190186
Wind
(km/h)
25
N
20
NW
20
NW
25
NNW
30
NNW
15
S
35
S
20
S
5
SE
10
ESE
10
SE
5
ENE
15
NNE
20
NNE
15
N
10
N
5
NE
5
ESE
5
SSE
10
SSW
15
SW
10
SW
0
SW
5
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrossononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
on		glassoffoffoffglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:15PM
1.38
12:45AM
1.36
1:04PM
1.33
1:34AM
1.36
1:52PM
1.30
2:21AM
1.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:31PM
0.22
6:56AM
0.29
7:17PM
0.26
7:46AM
0.32
8:01PM
0.29
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Sunrise-------6:01-------6:03-------6:03
Sunset---9:01-------9:00-------9:00----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-----141-11-------------
Temp. °C242727252217151314131313131312131719191917171716
Feels °C (?)192324201716910131111121099111618191814161716
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