Clifton Beach Sea Temperature

Looking to find out what the sea water temperature in Clifton Beach is for today and the next few days? Below are data and charts that will give you information about sea temperatures in Clifton Beach and nearby locations.

Analysis and forecast for Clifton Beach water temperatures

The water temperature in Clifton Beach today is higher than the average temperature of 28.95° C (84.11° F) and the temperature on this day last year, 15th December 2024, was 30.24° C (86.43° F).

The chart and table below shows the change in water temperature in Clifton Beach over the last 30 days:

The actual nearshore temperatures may vary by several degrees and this can also be heavily affected by weather. Strong winds can cause cold, deep waters to replace the surface waters that had been warmed by the sun, and heavy rain can also reduce the temperature of the sea surface temperature as well.

Water temperature in Clifton Beach by month

The chart below shows the monthly average water temperature in Clifton Beach.

For more detailed information on how the sea temperature in Clifton Beach changes for each month of the year, choose from the months below.

Clifton Beach map and nearby water temperatures

Locations near Clifton Beach

Palm Cove

Australia, Australia and Oceania

1.35 miles away

Trinity Beach

Australia, Australia and Oceania

2.48 miles away

Cairns

Australia, Australia and Oceania

12.77 miles away

Green Island

Australia, Australia and Oceania

20.23 miles away

Port Douglas

Australia, Australia and Oceania

23.67 miles away

The highest temperature in Australia today is 31.22° C (88.19° F) in Broome. The lowest is in Bruny Island, where the temperature of the water is 15.23° C (59.41° F).

Why measure sea surface temperatures (SST) in Clifton Beach?

The ocean covers about 71% of the Earth's surface, and scientists record the sea surface temperature (SST) of locations such as Clifton Beach because they want to understand and learn how the ocean communicates with the atomosphere of Earth.

SST is one measure that provides information on the global climate, and it can be used to predict the weather in Clifton Beach as well as atmospheric model simulations and to study marine ecosystems in the area.

Data source and citation

Raw data for the calculations made to find the sea surface temperature in Clifton Beach comes from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and their 1/4° daily Optimum Interpolation Sea Surface Temperature.

The water temperature data is constructed by combining observations from different platforms (satellites, ships, buoys, and Argo floats) on a regular global grid. A spatially complete sea surface temperature map is then built by interpolating to fill in gaps in the data.

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