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Clearwater Beach

Clearwater, Florida· Gulf Coast

Fine white sand on the Gulf side of a barrier island, with shallow, warm and usually calm water. The gentle gradient and small surf make it forgiving for swimming, and the low tides expose good shelling along the wrack line.

Updated Sep 25,

Right now · Beach Day

Good for beach day — gentle breeze

Good
Feels like
78°FExcellentComfortable beach temperatures
Wind
10 mphGoodGentle breeze
Rain chance
0%ExcellentLittle chance of rain
Surf
0.0 ftExcellentCalm shore break
Sky
24%ExcellentMostly sunny

Activity conditions

What Clearwater Beach is good for right now

Each activity is rated by its worst relevant condition, not an average.

Best time windows

When to go over the next two days

Windows come from the hourly forecast, so they get less certain further out.

Beach Day

  • Fri 11 AM – 8 PMGoodGood for beach day — warm — seek shade and water
  • Sat 8 AM – 11 AMExcellentExcellent for beach day — comfortable beach temperatures
  • Sat 11 AM – 8 PMGoodGood for beach day — gentle breeze
  • Sun 8 AM – 11 AMGoodGood for beach day — partly cloudy
Hourly outlook for Beach Day from 11:00 AM to 10:00 AM

Fri 11 AMSun 10 AM

Beachcombing

  • Fri 11 AM – 1 PMFairFair for beachcombing — higher water leaves a narrow beach
  • Fri 1 PM – 4 PMGoodGood for beachcombing — moderate tide with some beach exposed
  • Fri 4 PM – 6 PMExcellentExcellent for beachcombing — falling tide is uncovering fresh sand
  • Sat 2 PM – 5 PMGoodGood for beachcombing — moderate tide with some beach exposed
Hourly outlook for Beachcombing from 11:00 AM to 10:00 AM

Fri 11 AMSun 10 AM

Current conditions

Sunny

Air temperature
78°FForecastNational Weather Service· NWS TBW forecast grid
Wind
10 mphfrom the NNEForecastNational Weather Service· NWS TBW forecast grid
Water temperature
83°FObservedNOAA CO-OPS· Clearwater Beach · 0.3 mi away
Surf
0 ftForecastNational Weather Service· NWS TBW forecast grid
Chance of rain
0%ForecastNational Weather Service· NWS TBW forecast grid
Cloud cover
24%ForecastNational Weather Service· NWS TBW forecast grid

Tide

Tide at Clearwater Beach

Heights are relative to MLLW, the NOAA chart datum for this station.

Now

Near slack water

Observed water level

3.3 ft

Today

  • Low 5:19 AM 1 ft
  • High 11:27 AM 3.2 ft
  • Low 5:50 PM 0.8 ft
  • High 11:48 PM 2.9 ft

Sat

  • Low 5:57 AM 0.7 ft
  • High 12:07 PM 3.1 ft
  • Low 6:16 PM 0.9 ft

Sun

  • High 12:06 AM 3.1 ft
  • Low 6:36 AM 0.4 ft
  • High 12:48 PM 3 ft
  • Low 6:41 PM 1.1 ft

Mon

  • High 12:27 AM 3.2 ft
  • Low 7:17 AM 0.2 ft
  • High 1:34 PM 2.8 ft
  • Low 7:06 PM 1.3 ft

Predictions from NOAA CO-OPS station 8726724.

Weather

Forecast

  • Today84°FSunny0%
  • Tonight68°FMostly Clear1%
  • Saturday82°FSunny0%
  • Saturday Night68°FMostly Clear0%
  • Sunday84°FPartly Sunny0%
  • Sunday Night70°FPartly Cloudy0%
  • Monday85°FSunny4%
  • Monday Night74°FMostly Clear4%
  • Tuesday87°FSunny then Isolated Showers And Thunderstorms22%
  • Tuesday Night75°FIsolated Showers And Thunderstorms22%
  • Wednesday89°FIsolated Rain Showers then Scattered Showers And Thunderstorms44%
  • Wednesday Night75°FScattered Showers And Thunderstorms44%
  • Thursday89°FChance Showers And Thunderstorms57%
  • Thursday Night76°FChance Showers And Thunderstorms then Isolated Showers And Thunderstorms57%

Waves

Surf

Wave height

0 ft

ForecastNational Weather Service· NWS TBW forecast grid

Water temperature

Water

83°F

ObservedNOAA CO-OPS· Clearwater Beach · 0.3 mi away

Measured at the station above, which may sit some distance from the shore break. Surface temperature at the beach can differ.

Additional data

Daylight and data sources

Sunrise
7:21 AM
Sunset
7:25 PM
Humidity
77%
Visibility
10 mi
Time zone
America/New_York
Coordinates
27.9775, -82.8271

Stations used for this location

  • Tides — NOAA CO-OPS Clearwater Beach (8726724), 0.3 mi away
  • Weather — National Weather Service grid TBW 57,97
  • Water temperature fallback — NOAA CO-OPS Clearwater Beach (8726724), 0.3 mi away

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