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Clifton Beach Surf Photo: 'behind the barrel' by Andrew Savage

Lat Long: 42.99° S 147.53° E

Issued: 9 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
	E	ENE	E	SW	SW
	9 s	cross- off	9 s	12 s	17 s

Open ocean wave model on 8 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
	E	ENE	E	SW	SW
	9 s	cross- off	9 s	12 s	17 s

Open ocean wave model on 8 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
	E	ENE	E	SW	SSE
	10 s	cross- off	10 s	12 s	14 s

Open ocean wave model on 8 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
	E	ENE	ENE	E	SW
	10 s	cross- off	11 s	10 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 8 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
	E	NE	ENE	E	SW
	11 s	cross- off	11 s	10 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 9 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
	E	NNW		E	SW
	10 s	cross- off		10 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 9 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
	E	W		E	SW
	10 s	glass		10 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 9 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
	E	SW		E	SW
	10 s	cross- on		10 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 9 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
	E	SSW		E	SW
	9 s	on		9 s	14 s

Open ocean wave model on 9 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
	E	SW	W	E	ENE
	9 s	cross- on	3 s	9 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 9 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
	E	W	WSW	ENE	ESE
	9 s	cross	3 s	11 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 9 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
	ENE	SW	SW	ENE	ESE
	10 s	cross- on	13 s	10 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 9 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
	ENE	WSW	SW	ENE	ESE
	10 s	cross- on	6 s	10 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 10 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
	ENE	SW	SW	ENE	ESE
	10 s	cross- on	6 s	10 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 10 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
	ENE	SW	SW	ENE	SW
	10 s	cross- on	6 s	10 s	15 s

Open ocean wave model on 10 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
	ENE	WSW	SW	ENE	SW
	11 s	cross- on	6 s	10 s	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 10 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
	S	WSW	SW	SW	SW
	13 s	cross- on	6 s	11 s	14 s

Open ocean wave model on 10 March at 1 pm

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

Image captured 3 hours and 11 minutes after high water (falling spring tide). Tide height was 0.7m (2.2 ft). Range 0.81m (2.7 ft). Toggle tide graph

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Clifton Beach Surf Photo: 'behind the barrel' by Andrew Savage

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User: Andrew Savage (7 photos)

Country: Australia (2654 photos)

Photo taken at: 1:27 pm 9 Mar 2012