Clarence River surf break

Clarence River surfForecast / Kaikoura and Marlborough / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 23 Oct 2025 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
13.0° C
(Which is 1.2°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: 0.9m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)15s
Afternoon (23 Oct)2ft (0.6m)14s
Evening (23 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)12s

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

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Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
2
3
3
1
1
1
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.6
S
1.9
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.6
S
1.4
S
1.2
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)171615151514141212111114121212141414121111101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)499427395300225150146106703737346773959106211909857364392421811359896
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
15
NW
15
NNW
35
N
30
N
30
NNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
5
NW
10
WNW
10
W
5
WSW
30
NNE
25
ENE
20
ENE
15
NE
10
N
10
WSW
10
NNW
10
NW
5
ENE
10
ENE
5
ESE
0
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
off
crosscrossoncross-
on
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:51AM
1.40
7:13PM
1.32
7:36AM
1.41
7:59PM
1.31
8:21AM
1.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:39AM
0.27
1:11PM
0.27
1:24AM
0.28
1:58PM
0.28
2:08AM
0.30
2:45PM
0.29
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
Sunrise---6:22-------6:20-------6:20----
Sunset-------7:53-------7:55-------7:57
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------1-----------------
Temp. °C141414142123211815131312141314141311111114151515
Feels °C (?)1211107161916121310109779111177811121313
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Kaikoura and Marlborough

  1. weather stationWind Update Wind reports 36 km away suggest it is still onshore at Clarence River (light winds from the NE at KaikouraAws). 0.8m 15s groundswell from the SSW to make surfable waves.

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13 km/h
NE
0.0
13.0
Air / Water (°C)
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