Clifton Beach surf break

Clifton Beach surfForecast / TAS – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Sunday 08 Mar 2026 AEDT
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Today's Clifton Beach sea temperature is
17.8° C
(Which is 2.3°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 8PM is: 0.8m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm March 08). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Mar)--
Afternoon (08 Mar)3ft (0.9m)15s
Evening (08 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
Period(s) (?)151514141414131313131312141312121313121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3142842731561101041016766654239363536365756363534281413
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
15
SSE
10
ENE
15
NNE
20
N
15
NNW
15
N
15
NNE
15
E
15
ESE
10
S
10
WSW
5
NNW
5
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNE
15
E
20
ENE
0
S
5
SW
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcrosscrossoncrossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscross-
off
glassglassoffoffoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:03PM
0.40
11:05PM
0.58
1:20PM
0.39
11:43PM
0.60
2:29PM
0.39
12:27AM
0.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:13PM
0.35
6:48AM
0.21
4:36PM
0.36
7:39AM
0.19
5:13PM
0.37
8:27AM
0.17
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Sunrise------6:56-------6:58-------7:00-
Sunset-7:44-------7:42-------7:39------
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
----------------------12
Temp. °C131314131211111518181715141413161819181718171616
Feels °C (?)991198771214151513131311141516191715151415
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