Clarence River Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.15° S 173.93° E

Clarence River 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 05 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Clarence River sea temperature is
12.4°C
1.2° 

Clarence River surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Clarence River today (05 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 10s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 10s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 10s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Clarence River at 9AM is: 1.4m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 05). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)10s
Afternoon (05 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Evening (05 Oct)3ft (0.9m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 19°C on Tue morning, min 10°C on Mon morning). Wind will be generally light.

Monday
5
Tuesday
6
Wednesday
7
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
SSE
11
1.3
SSE
11
1.4
SSE
10
1.2
SSE
10
1.1
SSE
10
1
SSE
10
0.9
SSE
10
0.8
SSE
9
0.7
SSE
9
1.3
NNE
6
0.6
S
9
0.3
SSW
17
0.8
NE
7
0.9
NE
7
0.8
NE
6
0.3
S
10
0.6
E
7
0.4
S
10
0.4
S
10
0.4
S
10
0.3
SSW
16
0.4
SSE
10
0.3
SSW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
408
392
377
300
250
209
157
118
86
100
57
58
55
79
51
17
40
32
32
31
50
31
48
Wind (km/h)
0
N
5
N
10
NE
20
NE
25
NE
25
NE
15
NNE
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
NW
10
NNE
10
NE
5
S
0
W
5
N
10
N
10
NNW
10
WNW
0
N
10
SSE
5
SE
5
WSW
10
SSW
Wind State
glassy
glassy
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
on
on
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
glassy
cross-off
glassy
glassy
off
High Tide
12:53PM1.60m
1:20AM1.44m
1:50PM1.59m
2:16AM1.44m
2:45PM1.57m
Low Tide
6:34AM0.10m
7:15PM0.11m
7:30AM0.10m
8:10PM0.11m
8:27AM0.10m
9:05PM0.11m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
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6:52
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6:50
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6:48
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7:32
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7:35
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7:36
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Temp °C
9
8
10
13
14
12
12
12
11
11
16
19
18
15
14
14
13
13
15
15
15
15
14
Feels °C
8
6
7
9
9
7
9
10
9
8
13
16
16
14
12
11
9
10
13
12
13
13
11
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