Clifton Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.99° S 147.53° E

Clifton Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 am 21 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Clifton Beach sea temperature is
14.5°C
2.5° 

How big are the waves at Clifton Beach today (21 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (21 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 14s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 19s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 17s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Clifton Beach at 10AM is: 0.3m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 20s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am October 21). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Oct)1ft (0.3m)14s
Afternoon (21 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)19s
Evening (21 Oct)2ft (0.6m)17s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Warm (max 28°C on Thu afternoon, min 12°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.

Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
S
22
0.3
SSW
14
0.3
SSW
14
0.3
SSW
14
0.2
S
19
0.5
SSW
17
0.6
SSW
17
0.6
SSW
16
0.7
SSW
16
0.9
SSW
18
0.9
SSW
17
0.9
SSW
17
0.8
SSW
16
0.7
SSW
16
0.7
SSW
16
0.5
S
20
0.6
S
19
0.6
S
19
0.7
SSW
18
0.8
SSW
18
0.7
SSW
18
0.7
SSW
17
0.7
SSW
17
0.9
SSW
18
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
40
39
39
39
30
172
237
208
217
464
433
419
302
223
220
196
273
262
340
360
318
304
315
438
Wind (km/h)
10
NE
5
E
5
WNW
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
5
SE
10
NE
10
NNE
15
NNE
20
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
5
SE
20
N
20
N
20
N
20
N
25
N
15
N
25
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
10
N
Wind State
cross-off
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
off
cross-on
off
off
off
off
off
off
on
cross-on
on
off
High Tide
4:22AM0.48m
2:52PM0.61m
4:51AM0.51m
3:53PM0.59m
5:23AM0.55m
4:58PM0.57m
Low Tide
8:53AM0.37m
10:08PM0.11m
10:01AM0.33m
10:46PM0.13m
11:08AM0.28m
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clear
clear
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clear
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clear
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clear
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clear
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clear
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Temp °C
14
14
15
16
15
14
14
12
12
12
13
24
28
27
26
22
18
15
16
26
19
17
15
15
Feels °C
13
14
15
13
12
11
13
10
10
10
10
22
25
25
22
17
13
10
11
22
14
13
12
14
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