Clifton Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.99° S 147.53° E

Clifton Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 am 20 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Clifton Beach sea temperature is
11.1° C
0.7° 

How big are the waves at Clifton Beach today (20 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (20 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 18s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 17s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 16s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Clifton Beach at 12PM is: 0.2m 17s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am August 20). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Aug)0.5ft (0.2m)18s
Afternoon (20 Aug)0.5ft (0.2m)17s
Evening (20 Aug)0.5ft (0.2m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Very mild (max 16°C on Thu morning, min 8°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WNW on Thu morning, strong winds from the WSW by Sat morning).

Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
SSW
18
0.2
SSW
17
0.2
SSW
17
0.2
SSW
16
0.2
SSW
16
0.2
SSW
16
0.3
SSW
18
0.3
SSW
17
0.4
SSW
16
0.3
SSW
19
0.3
SSW
19
0.3
SSW
18
0.4
SSW
18
0.5
SSW
18
0.8
SSW
17
0.8
SSW
16
0.9
SSW
16
1.8
SW
16
1.9
SW
15
1.8
SSW
15
2.4
SW
15
1.4
SSW
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
31
30
28
27
26
25
61
59
89
72
70
65
123
174
313
298
407
1513
1486
1487
2449
773
Wind (km/h)
15
NNW
15
NNW
5
WNW
10
NW
10
WNW
15
NNW
10
NW
15
NNW
20
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
20
SW
15
WNW
15
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
45
W
45
WSW
40
WSW
35
WSW
25
W
20
W
Wind State
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
12:10PM0.61m
2:33AM0.36m
12:49PM0.63m
3:25AM0.36m
1:33PM0.65m
Low Tide
4:43AM0.34m
8:07PM0.20m
5:14AM0.35m
8:50PM0.18m
6:01AM0.35m
9:33PM0.16m
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:56
6:54
6:54
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:30
5:30
5:31
 mm
1
2
2
Temp °C
14
15
16
16
15
12
10
9
8
10
13
11
11
10
10
9
11
10
10
10
9
9
Feels °C
10
11
14
13
12
9
7
5
3
6
9
6
6
5
5
4
1
-1
1
1
2
3
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