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Clearwater Beach surfForecast / Florida – Gulf / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 15 Jan 2026 EST
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Clearwater Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Clearwater Beach sea temperature is
18.4° C
 (Which is 1.8°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Clearwater Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Clearwater Beach at 12PM is: 1.9m 6s primary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)4ft (1.2m)5s
Afternoon (15 Jan)6ft (1.9m)7s
Evening (15 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)8s

Table - waves today at Clearwater Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sun
18
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
WNW
1.1
NW
1.3
NW
1.9
NW
2
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.2
NW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
Period(s) (?)455677877777667766666555
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)17568628740636225714015610575473321221576332222
Wind
(km/h)
25
WNW
35
NNW
40
NNW
50
NW
40
NW
40
NW
35
NNW
30
N
20
NNE
20
NE
10
E
5
SE
5
WNW
10
NW
5
N
5
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
15
ESE
15
SE
10
SSE
5
NW
10
NE
15
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffglassglasscross-
on		cross-
off		glassoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		crossglasscross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:41AM
0.43
8:50PM
0.77
11:56AM
0.44
9:37PM
0.80
12:15PM
0.45
10:18PM
0.83
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:05AM
-0.16
2:43PM
0.38
4:43AM
-0.20
3:29PM
0.35
5:16AM
-0.23
4:10PM
0.30
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sun
18
Sunrise--7:22-------7:22-------7:22-----
Sunset----5:57-------5:58-------5:59---
mod rain
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
7--1--------------------
Temp. °C17141412101011975589910101011131517171716
Feels °C (?)1487100211-10555676781115161413
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