Clarence River surf break

Clarence River surfForecast / Kaikoura and Marlborough / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Saturday 11 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
14.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Clarence River today?

The current surf forecast for Clarence River at 10PM is: 2.0m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)--
Afternoon (11 Apr)6ft (1.9m)6s
Evening (11 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)7s

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


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Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
4
3
3
4
4
3
3
2
4
2
2
2
2
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
ENE
1.8
ENE
2
E
2.5
ENE
2.4
ENE
2.3
ENE
2.5
ENE
1.7
E
2.1
ENE
2.1
E
2.1
E
2.1
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.4
E
2.2
E
2
E
1.7
E
1.5
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.4
E
0.9
E
Period(s) (?)66778889991011111212121111111010101414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)237252435675644654931425708699847102617862094196616021236951663459338277775298
Wind
(km/h)
30
NE
25
NNE
20
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNW
5
ENE
10
WSW
15
SSW
25
SW
20
SW
5
WNW
10
N
5
NE
10
E
5
W
10
NW
10
NW
15
NW
10
NW
15
WNW
10
WNW
0
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
glasscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:11AM
1.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:52PM
0.33
6:28AM
0.32
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Sunrise------6:50-------6:52-------6:54-
Sunset5:59-------5:57-------5:55-------
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------19151131------------
Temp. °C201716171717181616171717171617171918161615141517
Feels °C (?)141312131213161716171414171517151917141312111316
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