Clifton Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.99° S 147.53° E

Clifton Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 pm 09 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Clifton Beach sea temperature is
13.0°C
1.1° 

How big are the waves at Clifton Beach today (10 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 14s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 13s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 19s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Clifton Beach at 4AM is: 0.4m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm October 09). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 8s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.5m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)14s
Afternoon (10 Oct)1ft (0.3m)13s
Evening (10 Oct)1ft (0.3m)19s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Very mild (max 19°C on Sun afternoon, min 11°C on Mon morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NNE on Fri night, light winds from the N by Sun morning).

Fri
9
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
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
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
2
2
3
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
SSW
16
0.5
SSW
15
0.5
SSW
15
0.4
SSW
15
0.4
SSW
14
0.4
SSW
14
0.3
SSW
13
0.3
SSW
13
0.3
SSW
19
0.3
SSW
18
0.4
SSW
18
0.6
SSW
13
0.9
SSW
16
1.1
SSW
16
1.2
SSW
16
1.1
SSW
16
0.8
SSW
15
0.9
SSW
19
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
193
130
125
84
81
76
35
35
70
63
103
114
397
597
714
590
287
617
Wind (km/h)
30
NNE
25
NNE
25
NE
25
NNE
30
N
25
WNW
25
NW
25
NW
15
W
15
NW
10
NW
15
WNW
10
NW
5
N
15
ENE
10
WNW
30
N
25
N
Wind State
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
High Tide
6:32PM0.51m
7:10AM0.56m
7:37PM0.46m
7:34AM0.59m
8:49PM0.42m
Low Tide
00:42AM0.24m
1:43PM0.25m
1:03AM0.29m
2:40PM0.21m
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Temp °C
17
13
13
15
15
17
18
16
14
12
12
13
12
14
17
19
17
17
Feels °C
10
8
8
10
9
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12
10
10
8
9
8
9
11
13
16
11
11
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