Cheese Graters surfForecast / Lord Howe Island / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Wednesday 22 Apr 2026 AEST
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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
23.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Cheese Graters today?

The current surf forecast for Cheese Graters at 7AM is: 3.0m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 14s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am April 22). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 15s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)8ft (2.5m)10s
Afternoon (22 Apr)8ft (2.4m)11s
Evening (22 Apr)7.5ft (2.3m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
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1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
S
3
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.4
S
2.3
S
2.3
S
2.2
S
2.1
S
1.9
S
2.3
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.6
SE
2
ESE
2.3
ESE
2.4
ESE
2.2
ESE
2
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.7
ESE
Period(s) (?)111111101111111111111111101011118881010999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)20031747174715951432131712551257113010308281223783650593906696727554732688586549484
Wind
(km/h)
30
S
25
S
30
S
30
S
30
S
25
S
25
SSE
30
SSE
25
SE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SE
35
SE
30
ESE
35
E
40
E
40
E
40
ESE
35
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
SE
25
ESE
25
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:19PM
1.87
11:45AM
1.33
12:23AM
1.77
12:58PM
1.24
1:34AM
1.68
2:23PM
1.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:57AM
0.41
5:36PM
0.41
7:11AM
0.48
6:48PM
0.52
8:30AM
0.50
8:12PM
0.58
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sunrise--5:48-------5:48-------5:48-----
Sunset-----4:55-------4:54-------4:53--
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
thunderstorm
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--111---1-1253312-------
Temp. °C191919191919191919191919191919202021202020191919
Feels °C (?)131413131314141414141414131413141413131415131416
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