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Clearwater Beach surfForecast / Florida – Gulf / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Friday 16 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
17.7° C
 (Which is 2.5°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 2PM is: 0.6m 7s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 16). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)3ft (0.9m)7s
Afternoon (16 Jan)2ft (0.6m)7s
Evening (16 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.4
NW
1.9
NW
1.6
NW
1.4
NW
1.2
NW
1
NW
0.9
NW
0.8
NW
Period(s) (?)777776666665555527876666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)683432322113126622211111331313189120745846
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
0
ESE
5
W
5
NNW
5
NE
5
ENE
5
ESE
5
E
15
ESE
20
SE
10
SW
10
WSW
0
S
5
SSW
10
SSW
15
SW
45
NNW
40
N
30
NNW
30
NNW
25
N
20
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglassglasscrossglassoffcross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		onglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:56AM
0.44
9:37PM
0.80
12:15PM
0.45
10:18PM
0.83
12:37PM
0.47
10:56PM
0.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:29PM
0.35
5:16AM
-0.23
4:10PM
0.30
5:46AM
-0.24
4:50PM
0.26
6:15AM
-0.24
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise--------7:22-------7:22-------
Sunset--5:58-------5:59-------6:00-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C5891010111112131618181818181811101099776
Feels °C (?)0556778891216161717161622312110
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