Lakes Beach surf break

Lakes Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Wednesday 09 Jul 2025 AEST
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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
19.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Lakes Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Lakes Beach at 8PM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm July 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jul)--
Afternoon (09 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Evening (09 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.3
S
1.7
S
1.5
S
1.6
SSW
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.5
S
2.2
SSW
2
S
2
S
2
S
2.1
S
2.5
S
3
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.2
S
2
S
1.8
S
1.6
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.2
S
1.7
S
2.2
S
2.2
S
1.8
S
1.6
S
1
S
1.8
S
1.8
S
1.9
S
1.3
S
2.1
S
1.1
S
2
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
Period(s) (?)1010101010101111111111111178810109989911111110121214141312121111111110101010101010101015131211111010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)424646646575827167394949551591922846516627104573553754071735999928894119518303192341924771848132199877560644837831127429455594197365565475810839058856259592571399477411320292239
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
25
NNW
20
N
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
35
WNW
50
WNW
45
WNW
40
W
35
WNW
30
W
30
W
30
W
25
W
25
W
30
WSW
35
W
25
W
25
W
25
W
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
15
NW
15
NNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
NW
25
WNW
20
W
15
W
20
SW
20
S
10
SSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
10
W
15
WSW
15
SW
20
SW
25
SW
25
WSW
20
WSW
10
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
E
10
NNW
20
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:16PM
1.57
7:57AM
1.02
7:56PM
1.62
8:38AM
1.05
8:35PM
1.66
9:19AM
1.09
9:14PM
1.66
10:02AM
1.12
9:54PM
1.64
10:45AM
1.16
10:35PM
1.58
11:32AM
1.21
11:20PM
1.49
12:21PM
1.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:36PM
0.40
2:08AM
0.22
1:19PM
0.37
2:47AM
0.17
2:01PM
0.35
3:25AM
0.13
2:44PM
0.34
4:03AM
0.10
3:28PM
0.35
4:41AM
0.08
4:15PM
0.37
5:20AM
0.09
5:07PM
0.41
6:00AM
0.11
6:07PM
0.44
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Sunrise------6:56-------6:56-------6:56-------6:56-------6:54-------6:54-------6:54-----
Sunset-5:00-------5:00-------5:00-------5:01-------5:01-------5:02-------5:02-------5:04--
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C1818171514141414151412121111111417161414131313141718151312111012171916141415151517151412119810131412109881015161513
Feels °C (?)1412131191063553543581098988910131410998791315119899111191087545885334351113128
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