Clarence River surf break

Clarence River surfForecast / Kaikoura and Marlborough / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Monday 06 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
15.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Clarence River today?

The current surf forecast for Clarence River at 2PM is: 0.5m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 06). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Afternoon (06 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Evening (06 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
3
3
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.8
ENE
2.3
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.4
ENE
3
ENE
3
ENE
2.4
ENE
2.2
ENE
2
ENE
1.7
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.5
ENE
Period(s) (?)101010910666777888991010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3754525051113160165180285346607804847917134416231108914727550479423383
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSW
5
SE
5
SE
0
NNW
5
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
NE
15
NE
25
NE
20
NE
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
30
NNE
20
N
15
N
10
NNW
5
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrossglassglassononcross-
on
onononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:59AM
1.33
8:22PM
1.43
8:46AM
1.31
9:09PM
1.41
9:33AM
1.29
9:55PM
1.39
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:09PM
0.27
2:44AM
0.27
2:55PM
0.30
3:31AM
0.30
3:40PM
0.32
4:16AM
0.32
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Sunrise6:45-------6:46-------6:47-------
Sunset---6:07-------6:06-------6:04----
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-------------2311-------
Temp. °C131515151515151415171716161515151721222019181918
Feels °C (?)121415151414141313151313121111111518201917161716
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