Cheese Graters Surf Forecast

/ Lord Howe Island (1 surf breaks) /

Australia (828 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Cheese Graters surfForecast / Lord Howe Island / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Friday 17 Oct 2025 AEDT

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Cheese Graters surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Cheese Graters sea temperature is 19.5° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Cheese Graters today?

The current surf forecast for Cheese Graters at 7AM is: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am October 17). An open ocean swell of 1.6m 17s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Oct)	1.5ft (0.5m)	9s
Afternoon (17 Oct)	1.5ft (0.5m)	9s
Evening (17 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	9s

Table - waves today at Cheese Graters. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Friday 17								Saturday 18								Sunday 19
	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	NE	E	E	E	E	E	ENE	E	N	E	E	NE	E	E	NE	ENE	ENE	SSE	SSE	ENE	S	SE	SE	ESE
Period(s) (?)	3	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	5	9	9	5	9	9	5	8	8	5	6	8	8	6	6	6
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	2	41	41	40	39	39	25	31	51	16	15	31	15	15	22	61	61	107	128	59	377	92	72	94
Wind (km/h)	NNE	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	NNW	NW	N	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	WNW	S	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)			6:23AM 1.39				6:32PM 1.66				7:07AM 1.51				7:15PM 1.68				7:44AM 1.63				7:52PM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)	12:17AM 0.44				12:13PM 0.52				12:57AM 0.38				1:02PM 0.45				1:31AM 0.33				1:44PM 0.40

	Friday 17								Saturday 18								Sunday 19
Sunrise	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	19	18	19	19	18	18	18	18
Feels °C (?)	15	14	16	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	17	17	18	18	20	19	17	17	16	14	14	15	16

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Lord Howe Island

Wind Update The wind is still cross-on at Cheese Graters (moderate winds from the NE at Lord Howe Island Aero 2 km from Cheese Graters). 0.6m 9s swell from the ENE with a 0.5m 18s long period groundswell from the N. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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