Clarence River surf break

Clarence River surfForecast / Kaikoura and Marlborough / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 07 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
15.6° 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 10AM is: 0.6m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 07). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Mar)2ft (0.6m)9s
Afternoon (07 Mar)1ft (0.3m)16s
Evening (07 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)16s

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


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Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tue
10
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
2
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
ESE
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.4
SSW
1.3
NE
0.4
SSW
1.3
NNE
1.3
NNE
1.1
NNE
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
NE
0.2
E
1.9
S
1.9
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.6
S
1.2
S
Period(s) (?)99991651656615151515156136777787
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)65605945828782951007975767674761613293328294267236283156
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
0
N
5
ENE
15
NE
20
NE
25
NNE
15
N
5
NNW
5
NW
0
WNW
5
ENE
5
E
5
SSE
5
S
5
SW
30
SSW
35
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassonononcross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassonglassglassglassoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:41AM
1.43
9:06PM
1.42
9:30AM
1.38
9:55PM
1.41
10:19AM
1.34
10:44PM
1.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:34AM
0.17
2:58PM
0.19
3:24AM
0.21
3:45PM
0.23
4:14AM
0.25
4:31PM
0.27
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tue
10
Sunrise--7:09-------7:11-------7:11-----
Sunset-----7:59-------7:58-------7:55--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------------11111--
Temp. °C191819212120181918181920202020161413131211111112
Feels °C (?)1817181918171719181919202020201288876679
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