Lakes Beach surf break

Lakes Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Thursday 27 Nov 2025 AEDT
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Lakes Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Lakes Beach sea temperature is
21.9° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Lakes Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Lakes Beach at 10AM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am November 27). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Nov)3ft (0.9m)10s
Afternoon (27 Nov)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (27 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Saturday
29
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
E
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
1.1
SSE
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.6
NE
1.7
NE
1.5
NE
1.6
NE
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
1.9
S
Period(s) (?)101010101010101010677115667711111111117
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)14123618417617314014013110295113124249106157203192215112149114114114338
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
10
WSW
10
W
15
WNW
25
SSE
15
ESE
10
ENE
20
S
15
SSE
5
S
5
W
15
ENE
30
ENE
40
NE
35
NNE
20
NNE
15
N
15
N
25
NW
25
NW
20
NW
20
WSW
25
S
25
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
off
crosscross-
off
glassonononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:56AM
0.99
1:28PM
1.36
2:58AM
1.05
2:27PM
1.31
3:57AM
1.15
3:31PM
1.27
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:04AM
0.59
8:32PM
0.26
8:16AM
0.61
9:23PM
0.23
9:35AM
0.58
10:13PM
0.20
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Saturday
29
Sunrise--5:37-------5:37-------5:37-----
Sunset-----7:44-------7:44-------7:45--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222123282625232020191921222222212122262729272319
Feels °C (?)201921242222231819192019181717192020212327232015
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