Clarence River surf break

Clarence River surfForecast / Kaikoura and Marlborough / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Saturday 28 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
15.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Clarence River today?

The current surf forecast for Clarence River at 6PM is: 1.3m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 28). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)5ft (1.5m)10s
Afternoon (28 Mar)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (28 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
3
2
3
3
1
1
2
1
1
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
E
1
E
0.9
ESE
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.1
E
1
E
1.3
E
1.3
ESE
1.3
E
1.4
E
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.7
S
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.6
S
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)101010991091212121212121212111111111611111615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)405192157287295216155497511497566432361349283273221217214251186183179119
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
5
E
5
SSE
15
SSW
5
SSW
5
NE
5
SE
0
NW
5
NE
5
S
5
S
10
N
10
NW
5
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
5
W
20
SSW
15
S
10
S
5
ENE
5
NE
5
S
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
on
cross-
off
offglassglassglassglassoncross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crossglasscrosscrossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglassoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:53PM
1.43
2:22AM
1.57
2:48PM
1.43
3:16AM
1.55
3:42PM
1.42
4:08AM
1.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:48AM
0.13
8:03PM
0.11
8:43AM
0.14
8:58PM
0.12
9:37AM
0.14
9:53PM
0.14
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Sunrise--------7:35-------7:35-------
Sunset---7:22-------7:22-------7:20----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---------------1--------
Temp. °C202221181616151517181919191818182018161414141414
Feels °C (?)192221171717161617181919181817182016141314141411
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