Clifton Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.99° S 147.53° E

Clifton Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 14 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's Clifton Beach sea temperature is
15.3°C
2.5° 

How big are the waves at Clifton Beach today (14 Nov):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (14 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 16s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (14 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 17s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Clifton Beach at 8PM is: 0.6m 17s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm November 14). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Nov)--
Afternoon (14 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Evening (14 Nov)2.5ft (0.7m)17s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sun morning. Very mild (max 17°C on Mon afternoon, min 6°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Sun afternoon, light winds from the N by Mon morning).

Sat
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tue
17
2 PM
5 PM
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
2 AM
5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
1
2
0
0
0
2
2
4
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SSW
16
0.6
SSW
16
0.6
SSW
17
0.9
SSW
16
0.7
SSW
16
0.7
SSW
16
0.7
SSW
15
1.3
SSW
15
1.5
SSW
14
1.5
SSW
14
1.4
SSW
14
1.8
SSW
14
1.2
S
14
1.1
S
14
1
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
13
0.9
SSW
13
1
SSW
13
2.3
SW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
86
198
224
376
263
253
243
763
943
930
731
1265
577
474
401
331
341
277
257
289
345
1617
Wind (km/h)
15
SE
10
W
20
W
10
W
15
WSW
20
WNW
15
WSW
25
SW
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
20
WSW
15
W
15
WNW
15
NW
10
N
15
S
15
SSW
20
W
15
NW
15
NW
10
WNW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
on
on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
10:28AM0.64m
2:48AM0.43m
11:19AM0.63m
2:50AM0.46m
Low Tide
6:47PM0.10m
4:23AM0.43m
7:23PM0.10m
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5:35
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Temp °C
13
16
15
13
11
10
9
8
9
10
9
8
7
6
7
11
14
17
14
11
10
10
Feels °C
10
13
10
11
7
4
5
2
1
1
0
2
2
1
2
7
10
12
9
7
6
7
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