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 9 am Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 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 19.0° 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 1PM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am September 16). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 13s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.8m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Sep)	1.5ft (0.5m)	9s
Afternoon (16 Sep)	2ft (0.6m)	4s
Evening (16 Sep)	1ft (0.3m)	8s

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

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	Tuesday 16						Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Fri 19
	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	S	SSE	N	SSE	SSE	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	NNE	NNE	NNE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	NE	E	ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	9	9	4	8	8	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	6	6	6	4	5	5	5	7	5	6
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	73	51	26	9	14	22	15	15	14	3	5	5	5	5	29	29	39	74	96	96	85	22	38	38
Wind (km/h)	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	WNW	SW	SSE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	E	E	ENE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				3:54PM 1.63					4:33AM 1.23				5:04PM 1.69				5:38AM 1.33				5:59PM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)		9:06AM 0.55					10:43PM 0.54				10:23AM 0.52				11:43PM 0.46				11:26AM 0.45				12:28AM 0.38

	Tuesday 16						Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Fri 19
Sunrise	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16
Feels °C (?)	13	13	14	14	13	11	12	12	12	12	11	13	13	13	16	17	13	12	12	12	11	12	13	12

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Lord Howe Island

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Cheese Graters (light winds from the NNW at Lord Howe Island Windy Point 1 km from Cheese Graters). 0.4m 8s swell from the SSE to make surfable waves.
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Actual: 46 min ago

15 km/h

NNW

Cross-Off

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