Clifton Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.99° S 147.53° E

Clifton Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 05 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Clifton Beach sea temperature is
15.2°C
2.7° 

How big are the waves at Clifton Beach today (06 Nov):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Nov, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 12s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 11s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Clifton Beach at 12AM is: 0.2m 18s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm November 05). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Nov)--
Afternoon (06 Nov)0.5ft (0.2m)12s
Evening (06 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Very mild (max 15°C on Fri morning, min 7°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NW on Thu night, fresh winds from the SSW by Sat afternoon).

Thu
5
Friday
6
Saturday
7
Sun
8
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
2 AM
5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
SSW
12
0.2
S
19
0.4
SW
11
0.4
SW
11
0.3
SSW
18
0.4
SSW
13
0.6
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
15
0.9
SSW
15
0.9
SSW
15
0.9
SSW
15
1.5
SW
15
1
SSW
14
1.4
SW
14
1
SSW
13
1
SSW
13
1.1
SSW
13
1.2
SSW
13
1.1
SSW
13
1
SSW
13
1
S
13
1
S
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
13
30
31
31
60
67
121
339
362
344
305
940
394
777
342
331
384
454
424
356
334
324
Wind (km/h)
20
SSE
15
E
15
ENE
15
N
20
NNW
10
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
15
W
15
WSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
25
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
Wind State
on
cross
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
High Tide
4:19PM0.49m
5:27AM0.58m
5:23PM0.44m
5:47AM0.61m
6:33PM0.40m
Low Tide
10:38PM0.21m
12:00PM0.28m
10:57PM0.26m
12:53PM0.23m
11:13PM0.30m
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light rain
light rain
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Temp °C
12
14
13
12
12
13
14
15
15
11
11
9
8
7
7
9
9
9
9
8
8
8
Feels °C
7
11
9
8
7
10
10
12
12
5
6
3
3
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
2
2
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