Clarence River surf break

Clarence River surfForecast / Kaikoura and Marlborough / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Friday 27 Feb 2026 NZDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
16.4° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Clarence River today?

The current surf forecast for Clarence River at 5PM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 27). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)6s
Afternoon (27 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Evening (27 Feb)3ft (0.9m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
1
0
1
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
S
1.1
S
0.4
SE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.6
SE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.7
ENE
0.3
SSW
0.9
ENE
0.6
E
0.3
SSW
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.3
ESE
2.2
S
1.8
S
2.3
SSW
3
S
Period(s) (?)668666555564855148131310781213
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)124911447362918191410912133518363558871943035813433458
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
15
SW
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
WSW
5
NW
5
NNW
10
NE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
10
NNE
5
NW
5
WSW
10
WSW
15
SSW
15
S
15
S
40
S
25
SW
30
SSW
35
SW
40
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
offglasscross-
off
crossononononcross-
on
glassoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:07PM
1.44
2:38AM
1.60
3:03PM
1.45
3:34AM
1.61
3:58PM
1.45
4:28AM
1.60
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:02AM
0.14
8:17PM
0.10
8:59AM
0.13
9:13PM
0.09
9:55AM
0.13
10:09PM
0.08
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Sunrise--------7:01-------7:03-------
Sunset---8:12-------8:10-------8:08----
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
1------------------55---
Temp. °C111212131211111113151615141414141516151091099
Feels °C (?)69910101099111112111313131312131323310
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

Latest Updates

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Clarence River surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest