Clarence River surf break

Clarence River surfForecast / Kaikoura and Marlborough / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Friday 03 Apr 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
15.0° 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 8AM is: 1.5m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.9m 15s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 1.1m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)5ft (1.5m)13s
Afternoon (03 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)12s
Evening (03 Apr)4ft (1.2m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
3
3
1
3
3
2
2
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SSE
1.8
S
1.6
S
1.4
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
SSE
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.2
S
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)161614131313121212121111111110101010101816151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)686163010286537597365744803412742051511168353513333182486121112109
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
5
N
10
WSW
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
NW
10
NW
0
WNW
5
NE
20
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSE
5
SE
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrossglassonoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:36AM
1.42
7:00PM
1.43
7:23AM
1.39
7:47PM
1.44
8:11AM
1.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:29AM
0.18
12:52PM
0.19
1:19AM
0.20
1:38PM
0.22
2:08AM
0.23
2:24PM
0.24
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Sunrise----7:41-------7:41-------7:43---
Sunset-------7:13-------7:10-------7:09
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171716161822242119171617192015141313131313141413
Feels °C (?)141413131519231817151414181812111011121313141413
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