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Lat Long: 42.15° S 173.93° E

Clarence River Surf Photo: 'Winter reef' by grim

Issued: 5 am 05 Aug 2026 (local time)

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Today's Clarence River sea temperature is

10.8° C

0.2°

Clarence River surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

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3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	SSW	S	E	S
	12 s	cross- off	9 s	12 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 6 September at 12 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Clarence River around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	SSW	S	E	S
	12 s	cross- off	9 s	12 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 6 September at 3 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Clarence River around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	SSW	S	E	S
	12 s	cross- off	9 s	12 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 6 September at 6 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Clarence River around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	SSW	S	E	S
	13 s	cross- off	9 s	13 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 6 September at 9 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Clarence River around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	SSW		E	SW
	13 s	off		13 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 7 September at 12 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Clarence River around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	SSW		ESE	SSW
	13 s	off		13 s	17 s

Open ocean wave model on 7 September at 3 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Clarence River around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	SSW		ESE	SSW
	12 s	off		12 s	16 s

Open ocean wave model on 7 September at 6 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Clarence River around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	SSW		ESE	SSW
	12 s	off		12 s	16 s

Open ocean wave model on 7 September at 9 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Clarence River around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	SSW		ESE	SSW
	12 s	off		12 s	16 s

Open ocean wave model on 7 September at 12 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Clarence River around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	SSW		ESE	SSW
	12 s	cross- off		12 s	16 s

Open ocean wave model on 7 September at 3 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Clarence River around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	SSW		ESE	SSW
	11 s	cross- off		11 s	15 s

Open ocean wave model on 7 September at 6 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Clarence River around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	SSW		ESE	SSW
	11 s	cross- off		11 s	15 s

Open ocean wave model on 7 September at 9 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Clarence River around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	SW		ESE	SSW
	10 s	off		10 s	15 s

Open ocean wave model on 8 September at 12 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Clarence River around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	SW		ESE	SSW
	10 s	off		10 s	14 s

Open ocean wave model on 8 September at 3 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Clarence River around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	SW		ESE	SSW
	10 s	off		10 s	14 s

Open ocean wave model on 8 September at 6 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Clarence River around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	SW		E	SSW
	10 s	off		10 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 8 September at 9 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Clarence River around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	SSW		E	SSW
	10 s	cross- off		10 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 8 September at 12 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Clarence River around the time the photo was taken

Image captured 2 hours and 33 minutes after low water (rising spring tide). Tide height was 0.6m (2.0 ft). Range 1.80m (5.9 ft). Toggle tide graph

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Clarence River Surf Photo: 'Winter reef' by grim

after a fairly recent earthquake the shelf raised a meter or two and showed some promise on certain angled swells.

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User: grim (1 photo)

Country: New Zealand (2475 photos)

Photo taken at: 10:34 am 7 Sep 2018