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Clifton Beach Surf Photo: 'North Cliffy Barrels' by James Padgett

Lat Long: 42.99° S 147.53° E

Issued: 3 pm 23 Jun 2026 (local time)

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Today's Clifton Beach sea temperature is

12.0° C

Normal for this time of year

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3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	NNE	ENE	SSW	SE
	13 s	cross- off	3 s	13 s	7 s

Open ocean wave model on 3 March at 10 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Clifton Beach around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	NE	ESE	SSW	SW
	13 s	cross- off	7 s	13 s	15 s

Open ocean wave model on 3 March at 1 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Clifton Beach around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	NE	ENE	SSW	SSE
	13 s	cross- off	4 s	13 s	7 s

Open ocean wave model on 3 March at 4 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Clifton Beach around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	NE	ENE	SSW	SSE
	13 s	cross- off	5 s	13 s	7 s

Open ocean wave model on 3 March at 7 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Clifton Beach around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	NE	ENE	SSW	SE
	13 s	cross- off	5 s	13 s	7 s

Open ocean wave model on 3 March at 10 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Clifton Beach around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	NE	ENE	SSW	ESE
	13 s	cross- off	5 s	13 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 4 March at 1 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Clifton Beach around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	NE	NE	SSW	ESE
	13 s	cross- off	6 s	13 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 4 March at 4 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Clifton Beach around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	NE	NE	SSW	ESE
	13 s	cross- off	7 s	13 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 4 March at 7 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Clifton Beach around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	NE	NE	SSW	ESE
	13 s	cross- off	8 s	13 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 4 March at 10 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Clifton Beach around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	WNW		ENE	SSW
	13 s	cross- off		8 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 4 March at 1 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Clifton Beach around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	W	WNW	ENE	SSW
	12 s	cross	3 s	9 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 4 March at 4 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Clifton Beach around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	W	W	ENE	SSW
	12 s	cross	3 s	9 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 4 March at 7 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Clifton Beach around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	W	WSW	SW	ENE
	12 s	cross	4 s	13 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 4 March at 10 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Clifton Beach around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	W	WSW	SW	NE
	13 s	cross	5 s	14 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 5 March at 1 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Clifton Beach around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	WSW	SW	NE	ESE
	13 s	cross- on	13 s	9 s	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 5 March at 4 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Clifton Beach around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	SW	SW	NE	ESE
	13 s	cross- on	13 s	10 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 5 March at 7 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Clifton Beach around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	SW	SW	ESE	NE
	13 s	cross- on	7 s	13 s	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 5 March at 10 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Clifton Beach around the time the photo was taken

Image captured 39 minutes after low water (rising ordinary tide). Tide height was 0.2m (0.6 ft). Range 0.81m (2.7 ft). Toggle tide graph

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Clifton Beach Surf Photo: 'North Cliffy Barrels' by James Padgett

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User: James Padgett (1 photo)

Country: Australia (2654 photos)

Photo taken at: 12:27 pm 4 Mar 2012

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