Clearwater Beach surf break

Clearwater Beach surfForecast / Florida – Gulf / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 14 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
19.4° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Clearwater Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Clearwater Beach at 10AM is: 0.4m 3s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)3s
Afternoon (14 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)3s
Evening (14 Jan)2ft (0.6m)4s

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

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Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sat
17
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
NNW
0.2
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.8
W
1.1
NW
1.3
NW
1.6
NW
2
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.1
NW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
0.3
WNW
Period(s) (?)333333445667788877766665
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)113446923511071963423623022571871227557312217105
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
20
W
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
W
15
WNW
15
WSW
20
W
40
NNW
35
NNW
40
NW
45
NW
35
NNW
35
NW
30
N
25
NNE
20
NE
20
ENE
15
ESE
10
SSE
5
WSW
10
NW
10
N
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:34AM
0.41
7:57PM
0.73
11:41AM
0.43
8:50PM
0.77
11:56AM
0.44
9:37PM
0.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:22AM
-0.10
1:40PM
0.40
4:05AM
-0.16
2:43PM
0.38
4:43AM
-0.20
3:29PM
0.35
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sat
17
Sunrise--7:22-------7:22-------7:22-----
Sunset----5:55-------5:57-------5:58---
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----1-21---------------
Temp. °C151616171716171815141312910108756911111111
Feels °C (?)1313121313141516864212211-1147777
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