Clarence River surf break

Clarence River surfForecast / Kaikoura and Marlborough / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Sunday 08 Mar 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
16.0° 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 10PM is: 0.4m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 08). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Mar)--
Afternoon (08 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)6s
Evening (08 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)15s

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


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Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
NNE
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.4
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
Period(s) (?)6151516161516677715141413131312121212121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10375771221244647253286276209155198246229219473383287285225217157155
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSE
5
SSW
5
SW
20
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
5
S
5
SE
5
E
10
ENE
15
NE
15
NNE
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
NE
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
crosscross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:55PM
1.41
10:19AM
1.34
10:44PM
1.40
11:07AM
1.31
11:32PM
1.38
11:55AM
1.28
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:14AM
0.25
4:31PM
0.27
5:02AM
0.29
5:16PM
0.30
5:49AM
0.32
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Sunrise------7:11-------7:13-------7:15-
Sunset-7:58-------7:55-------7:53------
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202020161514131212111111121212131313121111111415
Feels °C (?)212020141210877678910101110988881212
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