Clifton Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.99° S 147.53° E

Clifton Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 pm 05 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Clifton Beach sea temperature is
11.9°C
0.1° 

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

  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 6s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Clifton Beach at 12AM is: 0.6m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.1m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm September 05). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Sep)--
Afternoon (06 Sep)--
Evening (06 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Very mild (max 15°C on Tue afternoon, min 6°C on Mon night). Mainly strong winds.

Sat
5
Sunday
6
Monday
7
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
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SSW
16
1.4
S
6
0.6
SSW
15
1.1
SSE
7
0.5
SSW
14
0.4
SSW
14
0.4
SSW
14
0.4
SSW
14
0.3
SSW
13
0.3
SSW
13
0.3
SSW
13
0.4
SW
13
1.1
SW
5
1.3
SSW
7
1.2
SSW
7
1.2
SSW
7
0.4
SSW
20
0.4
SSW
20
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
357
138
169
120
118
80
78
71
35
34
34
43
60
154
148
153
137
132
Wind (km/h)
20
W
45
S
35
S
25
SSW
15
SW
5
WNW
5
E
15
SSE
15
NE
10
N
10
WNW
20
W
40
SW
35
SW
35
SSW
30
SSW
25
WSW
15
W
Wind State
cross
on
on
on
cross-on
glassy
cross
on
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
High Tide
3:55AM0.43m
2:02PM0.74m
4:51AM0.43m
2:58PM0.74m
Low Tide
8:56PM0.03m
7:18AM0.38m
9:53PM0.02m
8:15AM0.38m
mod rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:28
6:26
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:47
5:49
 mm
7
5
1
1
1
Temp °C
12
12
12
12
11
12
13
14
12
11
12
11
9
10
11
12
10
9
Feels °C
8
4
5
7
7
10
11
11
9
8
9
6
1
1
2
5
3
5
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