Clarence River surf break

Clarence River surfForecast / Kaikoura and Marlborough / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Sunday 12 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
14.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Clarence River today?

The current surf forecast for Clarence River at 10AM is: 2.5m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 1.9m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Apr)8ft (2.5m)8s
Afternoon (12 Apr)6ft (1.8m)9s
Evening (12 Apr)7ft (2.1m)10s

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


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Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wed
15
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
3
3
3
3
4
3
3
4
3
4
2
2
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
ENE
2.4
ENE
2.5
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.8
E
1.9
E
2.1
E
2.3
E
2.4
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.4
E
2.2
E
2
E
1.8
E
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.2
E
1.4
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
Period(s) (?)788899101111121212111111101010141414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)679657857534509627830120114051946198716021236951743470394277779298294281273215
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNE
25
NNE
15
NNE
0
SSE
10
SW
10
SW
20
SW
20
SW
5
NW
10
N
5
N
10
SE
5
SSW
10
NW
10
NW
15
NW
10
NW
10
NW
5
WNW
10
S
5
ESE
5
N
10
WSW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffoffoffoffcrosscross-
on
glasscrossglasscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:11AM
1.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:28AM
0.32
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wed
15
Sunrise--6:50-------6:52-------6:54-----
Sunset----5:57-------5:55-------5:53---
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
mod rain
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--17169------------------
Temp. °C171717161617171717151718181717161515161716151514
Feels °C (?)131315171617151417141717181514131213141514131311
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