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Clifton Beach surfForecast / TAS – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Friday 20 Mar 2026 AEDT
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Today's Clifton Beach sea temperature is
16.8° C
 (Which is 1.6°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 4PM is: 0.5m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 16s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 20). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Afternoon (20 Mar)2ft (0.6m)13s
Evening (20 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)14s

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

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16 DaysHourly
Print Table
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Mon
23
8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)141414131315141414151514151615151414141313131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1922011439866121118116116246296233309273270167115110716766653945
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
5
SE
10
SE
15
SSE
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NW
5
NNW
10
SE
15
SE
15
NE
15
NNE
15
N
15
N
15
NNW
10
NNE
15
ENE
20
E
15
SSW
5
WNW
10
N
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
on		oncross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
off		crossonglassoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:50AM
0.56
9:13PM
0.60
10:09AM
0.51
9:53PM
0.63
11:37AM
0.47
10:37PM
0.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:56PM
0.23
3:51AM
0.17
3:36PM
0.29
5:02AM
0.12
4:17PM
0.35
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Mon
23
Sunrise7:11-------7:11-------7:13-------
Sunset---7:22-------7:21-------7:19----
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C131417171716151515171817171615141418222117171616
Feels °C (?)131415151614131313161615151413111115191815171514
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