Clifton Beach surf break

Clifton Beach surfForecast / TAS – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Monday 20 Apr 2026 AEST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Today's Clifton Beach sea temperature is
15.3° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Clifton Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Clifton Beach at 10AM is: 1.1m 11s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 16s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Afternoon (20 Apr)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (20 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.2
SSW
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)111111111010101410101313201919181817161616151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3893032632542121441382192881817303072121102551005048424121
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
5
NNW
5
NNW
0
NNW
5
SSE
10
SSE
5
S
5
NNW
10
NNW
15
N
15
N
20
NNE
25
ENE
30
ENE
25
NE
20
NNE
25
NNE
30
N
30
N
25
N
15
NNE
15
NE
10
S
5
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
offglassglassonglassglassoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:33AM
0.46
9:00PM
0.73
1:12PM
0.46
9:53PM
0.72
2:37PM
0.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:05AM
0.00
2:24PM
0.43
5:09AM
-0.01
3:06PM
0.45
6:11AM
-0.01
4:00PM
0.47
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise--6:46-------6:48-------6:48-----
Sunset-----5:30-------5:28-------5:27--
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C101010111313131311111112161513131210101219211715
Feels °C (?)7881011101212988811989744615181615
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