Lakes Beach surf break

Lakes Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Saturday 28 Mar 2026 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
24.9° C
(Which is 1.7°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: 6.5m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 5.5m 14s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 28). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)21ft (6.5m)14s
Afternoon (28 Mar)16ft (5.0m)13s
Evening (28 Mar)15ft (4.5m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
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3
3
3
2
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
7
SSW
7.5
S
7
S
6.5
S
5
S
4.5
S
4.5
S
4.5
S
4.5
S
4
S
4
S
3
SSE
3
SSE
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.2
SSE
2
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
Period(s) (?)1414141313131312121211111111111110101099988
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)18005225401841513891837070297037635151784555357424402108190515131273980748587485351295255207
Wind
(km/h)
35
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
SW
25
SSW
30
S
25
S
20
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
15
SW
20
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
5
SSE
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
S
10
ESE
15
E
20
E
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:17AM
1.45
6:25PM
1.09
6:18AM
1.47
7:12PM
1.20
7:09AM
1.49
7:52PM
1.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:14PM
0.22
11:56PM
0.45
1:02PM
0.17
12:54AM
0.37
1:41PM
0.14
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Sunrise--7:01-------7:01-------7:03-----
Sunset-----6:54-------6:53-------6:52--
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161514151920201917161519202020202019192021212121
Feels °C (?)88781314151514131216171718182018192021191919
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