Clearwater Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 27.95° N 82.84° W

Clearwater Beach, United States Weather Observations

Issued: 1 pm 21 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Clearwater Beach sea temperature is
30.2°C
1.7° 

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

Current weather conditions and live observations for Clearwater Beach based on the nearest weather station observations (including METAR, SYNOP, ship and quickscat wind data). This is the most reliable place on surf-forecast.com to see what is happening with the weather in Clearwater Beach right now. Also check out the current weather map overlays on our dynamic weather maps.

Current Weather near Clearwater Beach

as reported by 5 closest weather stations

Weather Station WeatherWindGustsTemp.Visibility
Visibility /
Cloud

BUOY-CWBF1

4 km NNE3 m above sea level

1 hour ago
10
light winds from the E
(9 km/h at 80°)
26.2 °C-
-


Clearwater Airport (Florida)

8 km ENE22 m above sea level

2 hours ago
clear-
15
light winds from the ESE
(15 km/h at 120°)
25 °C0.0
0.0


ST Petersburg Airport

16 km ESE218 m above sea level

2 hours ago
heavy rainHeavy rain
10
light winds from the E
(11 km/h at 90°)
23.9 °C5
5

broken
overcast

lightning 12km WSW of Beacon Square

27 km N0 m above sea level

3 hours ago
thunderstorm Thunderstorm

(- km/h at -°)
°C


St Peters/Albert Whitted Airport

29 km SE218 m above sea level

2 hours ago
cloudDry and cloudy
20
moderate winds from the E
(22 km/h at 100°)
28.3 °C16
16
broken
overcast

BUOY-SAPF1

29 km SE3 m above sea level

1 hour ago
15
light winds from the ESE
(15 km/h at 110°)
28.0 °C-
-


BUOY-OPTF1

30 km ESE3 m above sea level

1 hour ago
5
calm
(4 km/h at 110°)
26.3 °C-
-


Tampa Airport

30 km E218 m above sea level

2 hours ago
part cloudDry and partly cloudy
wind obs. (6 kph from 1 degs) was rejected
(- km/h at -°)
25.6 °C16
16
scattered
broken
broken

MacDill Air Force Base/Tampa Airport

34 km ESE212 m above sea level

2 hours ago
clearThunderstorm - in the vicinity
10
light winds from the N
(9 km/h at 10°)
27 °C16
16
few

SHIP6338

36 km SE15 m above sea level

3 hours ago
-
(- km/h at -°)
- °C- km
- km


* NOTE: not all weather observatories update at the same frequency which is the reason why some locations may show data from stations that are further away than known closer ones. We also include passing Ship data if it is recorded close to Clearwater Beach and within an acceptable time window.

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