Clifton Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.99° S 147.53° E

Clifton Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 am 04 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Clifton Beach sea temperature is
12.7°C
0.9° 

How big are the waves at Clifton Beach today (04 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 15s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 16s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 18s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Clifton Beach at 1PM is: 0.7m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00am October 04). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)15s
Afternoon (04 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)16s
Evening (04 Oct)3ft (0.9m)18s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Tue morning. Very mild (max 12°C on Mon afternoon, min 8°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (calm on Mon morning, fresh winds from the WSW by Tue afternoon).

Sunday
4
Monday
5
Tuesday
6
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
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
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
SSW
14
0.6
SSW
14
0.7
SSW
15
0.7
SSW
16
0.7
SSW
16
0.7
SSW
16
0.9
SSW
18
0.9
SSW
18
0.9
SSW
17
0.9
SSW
17
0.8
SSW
16
0.8
SSW
16
0.8
SSW
16
0.8
SSW
17
0.8
SSW
17
0.8
SSW
17
0.8
SSW
17
0.7
SSW
16
0.9
SSW
16
0.9
SSW
16
1.5
SW
16
1.6
SW
16
0.9
SSW
15
1.6
SSW
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
163
165
231
266
266
215
540
522
499
487
363
354
359
394
404
394
376
276
371
446
1087
1267
331
1178
Wind (km/h)
5
S
10
S
15
SSW
20
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
10
SW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
5
NNE
15
E
10
SE
5
E
10
NW
20
NNW
25
NNW
35
WSW
30
WSW
40
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
30
SW
Wind State
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
High Tide
4:11AM0.45m
1:41PM0.70m
4:55AM0.46m
2:40PM0.68m
5:29AM0.47m
3:38PM0.65m
Low Tide
7:12AM0.42m
9:38PM0.03m
8:20AM0.41m
10:26PM0.06m
9:28AM0.39m
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clear
clear
clear
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
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Temp °C
10
10
10
11
11
11
11
10
9
8
8
10
12
12
12
11
9
9
11
12
11
9
10
8
Feels °C
8
8
7
6
6
7
7
7
7
5
6
8
8
9
10
8
4
3
3
5
2
1
2
1
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