Clifton Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.99° S 147.53° E

Clifton Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 am 07 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 (07 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (07 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 6s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 7s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 9s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Clifton Beach at 1PM is: 1.2m 7s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 21s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00am September 07). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Sep)4ft (1.2m)6s
Afternoon (07 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)7s
Evening (07 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Very mild (max 15°C on Tue afternoon, min 6°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SW on Tue morning, strong winds from the WSW by Wed afternoon).

Monday
7
Tuesday
8
Wednesday
9
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
3
1
1
1
2
3
1
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
SSW
5
1.2
SSW
7
1.2
SSW
7
1.1
SSW
7
1.4
SSW
9
1.6
SW
12
0.5
S
19
0.6
S
19
0.6
S
18
0.6
SSW
18
1.2
SW
17
1
SSW
17
1.1
SSW
16
1.2
SSW
16
1.4
SSW
16
1.6
SSW
16
2.2
SSW
20
2.4
SSW
19
2.5
SSW
18
2.5
SSW
18
3
SSW
18
3
SSW
18
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
90
140
147
125
300
638
192
267
240
246
854
556
597
688
929
1289
3460
4242
4066
4649
5410
5634
Wind (km/h)
45
SSW
35
SW
30
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
10
W
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NW
5
SW
15
WNW
25
WNW
25
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
35
SW
40
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
4:51AM0.43m
2:58PM0.74m
5:38AM0.43m
3:54PM0.72m
6:19AM0.44m
4:49PM0.69m
Low Tide
8:15AM0.38m
10:47PM0.03m
9:15AM0.37m
11:36PM0.05m
10:18AM0.35m
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:26
6:24
6:24
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:49
5:50
5:51
 mm
2
1
1
Temp °C
9
10
11
12
11
9
7
6
6
9
14
15
12
8
7
7
6
8
10
10
10
10
Feels °C
0
1
3
6
5
5
2
1
1
5
11
10
5
1
-1
-1
-2
-1
1
1
2
2
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