Clarence River surf break

Clarence River surfForecast / Kaikoura and Marlborough / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 26 Feb 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
17.2° C
(Which is 1.3°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 4AM is: 0.7m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Feb)2ft (0.6m)10s
Afternoon (26 Feb)2ft (0.6m)10s
Evening (26 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
NE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SE
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.2
ESE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.8
ENE
Period(s) (?)610101010101010101096666966655564
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)165929068676748383838231099482668534129231814916
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
NNE
10
S
10
S
20
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
S
20
S
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
WSW
5
NNW
10
NE
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglassglassoncross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:44AM
1.57
1:10PM
1.44
1:41AM
1.59
2:07PM
1.44
2:38AM
1.60
3:03PM
1.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:04AM
0.14
7:20PM
0.11
8:02AM
0.14
8:17PM
0.10
8:59AM
0.13
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunrise---6:58--------7:00-------7:01---
Sunset-------8:14-------8:12-------8:10
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------1-1111111---------
Temp. °C202019192221191614131312121212121212111113151515
Feels °C (?)1919181821191813109999889910101011121111
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