Clifton Beach surf break

Clifton Beach surfForecast / TAS – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Saturday 18 Apr 2026 AEST
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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 5AM is: 1.7m 12s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 19s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)12s
Afternoon (19 Apr)5ft (1.5m)12s
Evening (19 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sat
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
3
3
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
S
1.9
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SE
1.3
SE
1.2
SE
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
S
0.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)111111121212121211111111111110101010141413132019
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1128870828833735646658625530396344344263258212144138136201818173074
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSW
20
SW
15
W
10
NW
15
NNW
15
N
5
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
N
10
N
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
N
5
SE
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
NNW
10
N
15
NNW
15
N
15
NNE
25
ENE
30
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffglassglassonglassglassoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:28PM
0.70
9:52AM
0.46
8:12PM
0.72
11:33AM
0.46
9:00PM
0.73
1:12PM
0.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:58AM
0.04
1:45PM
0.38
4:05AM
0.00
2:24PM
0.43
5:09AM
-0.01
3:06PM
0.45
Sat
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Sunrise----6:45-------6:46-------6:48---
Sunset-------5:31-------5:30-------5:28
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C10109768111212111010101113131313121211121514
Feels °C (?)3553248888778911101212101089108
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