Clarence River surf break

Clarence River surfForecast / Kaikoura and Marlborough / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 26 Oct 2025 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
12.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Clarence River today?

The current surf forecast for Clarence River at 2AM is: 0.7m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 26). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)14s
Afternoon (26 Oct)2ft (0.6m)15s
Evening (26 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)14s

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

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Sunday
26
Monday
27
Tuesday
28
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
1
1
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
3
4
2
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
1.5
N
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
1
NNE
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
S
2.2
S
1.7
S
1.5
S
1.1
SSW
Period(s) (?)1099141415151414146101010613107899888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12183616210716817221820714515154505368222187613871809715373280167
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
5
W
10
NW
10
NW
5
NNE
5
NE
10
SW
5
N
15
NW
10
NW
15
NNW
10
NW
5
N
10
NNW
35
N
25
NNW
35
SW
35
SW
25
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glasscrosscrossglassonoffcross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:46PM
1.29
9:07AM
1.41
9:31PM
1.27
9:52AM
1.40
10:16PM
1.25
10:36AM
1.38
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:53AM
0.31
3:30PM
0.30
3:38AM
0.33
4:15PM
0.32
4:21AM
0.34
4:59PM
0.32
Sunday
26
Monday
27
Tuesday
28
Sunrise---6:18-------6:16-------6:16----
Sunset-------7:58-------7:59-------8:00
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
--------------111--12475
Temp. °C14131212141616151212111215161417137766666
Feels °C (?)10108812131313887912147136-1133331
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  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at Clarence River (strong winds from the W at KaikouraAws 36 km from Clarence River). A 0.8m swell from the S

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36 km away, 1 h 21 min ago

39 km/h
W
0.0
12.6
Air / Water (°C)
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