Clarence River surf break

Clarence River surfForecast / Kaikoura and Marlborough / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Wednesday 22 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
14.7° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Clarence River today?

The current surf forecast for Clarence River at 5PM is: 2.5m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 1.7m 11s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 22). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)7ft (2.2m)11s
Afternoon (22 Apr)10ft (3.0m)9s
Evening (22 Apr)7ft (2.2m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
2
3
3
4
4
3
3
3
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
ESE
3
S
3
S
2.5
S
1.6
ESE
2.1
S
2.2
S
2
S
1.4
ESE
1.6
SSE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
1
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)11898118881081010101010999888889
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1193119311771021671597659533368310295301258235197181138108847271715871
Wind
(km/h)
40
SSW
35
SW
35
SW
35
SW
30
SW
25
WSW
25
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
S
10
SSE
0
SE
5
NNW
10
NNW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
SW
5
SE
5
SSE
5
NNW
10
NNW
5
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglassglassglassglasscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:48AM
1.51
9:17PM
1.69
9:46AM
1.49
10:15PM
1.66
10:44AM
1.47
11:13PM
1.62
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:00PM
0.04
3:43AM
0.04
3:57PM
0.05
4:40AM
0.06
4:55PM
0.07
5:36AM
0.09
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
Sunrise7:01-------7:03-------7:03-------
Sunset--5:42-------5:39-------5:38-----
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1111--------------------
Temp. °C9888999910111110101010101113131212131413
Feels °C (?)00002234678987889111111910109
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