Clifton Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.99° S 147.53° E

Clifton Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 pm 07 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Clifton Beach sea temperature is
11.5°C
0.3° 

How big are the waves at Clifton Beach today (08 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 18s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 17s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 16s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Clifton Beach at 5AM is: 0.6m 19s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm September 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Sep)2ft (0.6m)18s
Afternoon (08 Sep)3ft (0.9m)17s
Evening (08 Sep)4ft (1.2m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Very mild (max 15°C on Thu afternoon, min 6°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WSW on Tue morning, strong winds from the SW by Wed morning).

Mon
7
Tuesday
8
Wednesday
9
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
1
1
2
3
1
0
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
SSW
9
0.4
SSW
20
0.5
S
19
0.6
S
19
0.6
S
18
0.6
SSW
18
1.3
SSW
17
1
SSW
17
1.1
SSW
16
1.3
SSW
16
1.7
SSW
16
1.9
SSW
16
2.3
SSW
20
2.5
SSW
19
2.5
SSW
18
3
SSW
18
3
SSW
18
3
S
18
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
300
132
192
267
240
246
975
556
597
803
1517
1743
3892
4700
4485
4982
5822
6008
Wind (km/h)
25
WSW
10
WNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NW
10
WSW
20
WNW
30
WNW
35
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
40
SW
40
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
5:38AM0.43m
3:54PM0.72m
6:19AM0.44m
4:49PM0.69m
Low Tide
10:47PM0.03m
9:15AM0.37m
11:36PM0.05m
10:18AM0.35m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:24
6:24
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:50
5:51
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
10
9
7
7
6
10
14
14
12
8
7
7
6
8
10
9
10
10
Feels °C
4
5
2
2
1
6
11
9
5
0
-2
-1
-2
-1
0
0
2
3
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