Clarence River surf break

Clarence River surfForecast / Kaikoura and Marlborough / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Monday 13 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
14.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Clarence River today?

The current surf forecast for Clarence River at 11AM is: 2.3m 12s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 13). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Apr)8ft (2.4m)12s
Afternoon (13 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)11s
Evening (13 Apr)5ft (1.6m)10s

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


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Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thu
16
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
4
4
3
3
2
2
3
3
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
0
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.4
E
2.2
E
2
E
1.8
E
1.6
E
1.4
E
0.9
E
1.4
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
1.1
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
Period(s) (?)111212121111101014141414141313131313121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1786206916101299969757543392334808320298294281407215209256184181178139137132
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
10
NW
5
NNE
5
SSW
5
SW
5
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
W
5
SE
5
ESE
5
N
10
W
10
SW
10
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
10
SSE
20
NE
5
SW
5
NW
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crossglassglassoffglasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrossglasscross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
onoffcrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thu
16
Sunrise--6:52-------6:54-------6:54-----
Sunset----5:55-------5:53-------5:52---
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161517181817161515141517161514141313141515151514
Feels °C (?)1514171817161312121112151413111110891211131312
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