Cheese Graters surfForecast / Lord Howe Island / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Saturday 18 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 2AM is: 0.2m 9s primary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm April 18). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 7s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 4.0m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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Tuesday
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Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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0
0
0
0
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
NNE
0.2
NNE
0.2
NNE
4.5
SSW
4.5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5.5
SSW
5.5
SSW
5.5
SSW
5.5
SSW
5.5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
4.5
S
4.5
S
4.5
S
4.5
S
4
S
4
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3
S
Period(s) (?)999121313131314141414131313131212121212111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)888000000000000637760085662498441533675330527952388
Wind
(km/h)
40
SW
45
SW
50
SW
50
SW
50
SW
50
SW
50
SW
55
SW
50
SW
50
SSW
50
SSW
45
SSW
45
SSW
50
SSW
45
SSW
45
SSW
45
S
40
S
40
SSW
40
SSW
35
S
35
SSW
35
SSW
40
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:47PM
2.01
9:05AM
1.70
9:34PM
2.01
9:53AM
1.59
10:24PM
1.96
10:45AM
1.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:05AM
0.19
3:05PM
0.15
3:56AM
0.23
3:50PM
0.21
4:52AM
0.31
Sat
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Sunrise----5:46-------5:46-------5:47---
Sunset-------4:59-------4:58-------4:57
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clear
cloud
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cloud
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cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
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clear
cloud
rain showers
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202019181819191918181919191919191919191818191919
Feels °C (?)12111098988889109911101111111011121212
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