Lakes Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 33.25° S 151.56° E

Lakes Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 am 25 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Lakes Beach sea temperature is
18.2° C
0.1° 

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


How big are the waves at Lakes Beach today (25 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (25 Jul, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 12s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (25 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 11s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (25 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 11s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Lakes Beach at 10AM is: 1.9m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am July 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Jul)6.5ft (2.0m)12s
Afternoon (25 Jul)5ft (1.6m)11s
Evening (25 Jul)4.5ft (1.4m)11s

Table - waves today at Lakes Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Very mild (max 18°C on Sat afternoon, min 11°C on Sat morning). Wind will be generally light.

Saturday
25
Sunday
26
Monday
27
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
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
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3
3
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.3
S
14
2.2
S
13
2.1
S
12
1.9
S
11
1.7
S
11
1.5
S
11
1.4
S
10
1.3
S
11
1.4
S
11
1.6
S
11
1.9
S
11
2
S
11
1.9
S
11
1.8
S
11
1.6
S
10
1.5
S
10
1.4
S
10
1.3
S
9
1.2
S
9
1.2
S
9
1.1
S
9
1
S
9
0.9
SSE
8
0.9
S
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2037
1604
1245
920
661
496
424
401
476
655
906
949
810
714
545
452
363
295
235
225
181
154
118
108
Wind (km/h)
15
WNW
15
W
10
W
15
WNW
5
W
10
NE
10
NW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
10
WSW
10
SE
15
SE
15
E
5
E
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
WSW
5
SW
5
ESE
10
ENE
15
NE
15
N
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
on
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-on
cross-on
on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
off
glassy
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
5:13AM0.89m
5:27PM1.40m
6:08AM0.93m
6:12PM1.46m
6:53AM0.97m
6:54PM1.52m
Low Tide
11:38PM0.44m
10:34AM0.49m
00:26AM0.38m
11:27AM0.47m
1:07AM0.32m
12:15PM0.43m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:50
6:50
6:48
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:09
5:09
5:10
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
10
7
7
11
17
18
17
16
13
12
11
13
15
15
15
16
15
15
14
15
15
16
16
15
Feels °C
5
2
3
6
15
15
13
12
9
8
8
10
12
12
12
15
14
14
13
14
14
14
13
12
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