Lakes Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 33.25° S 151.56° E

Lakes Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 am 28 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 (28 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Lakes Beach at 7AM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.2m 3s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am July 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Jul)2ft (0.6m)8s
Afternoon (28 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Evening (28 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 20°C on Tue morning, min 8°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WSW on Wed morning, light winds from the SW by Thu night).

Tuesday
28
Wednesday
29
Thursday
30
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)
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
3
3
3
1
1
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SSE
8
0.7
S
8
0.6
S
8
0.6
S
8
0.5
S
8
0.4
S
9
0.4
S
9
0.2
S
16
0.2
S
15
0.3
S
9
0.2
S
18
0.2
S
17
0.2
S
16
0.2
S
16
0.1
S
15
0.1
S
14
1.3
SSW
6
1.3
SSW
6
1.8
S
11
2
S
10
1.8
S
10
1.6
S
10
1.5
S
9
1.2
S
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
112
63
42
41
28
24
24
21
17
13
24
23
21
20
4
4
136
129
785
867
650
484
382
400
Wind (km/h)
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
15
NNW
20
NNW
15
NW
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
30
WSW
20
W
20
W
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
10
W
10
SW
10
S
15
SSE
10
SE
5
SW
Wind State
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross
cross
off
High Tide
7:33AM1.02m
7:32PM1.57m
8:10AM1.07m
8:08PM1.60m
8:46AM1.11m
8:43PM1.60m
Low Tide
1:44AM0.26m
12:57PM0.39m
2:19AM0.21m
1:38PM0.36m
2:52AM0.17m
2:16PM0.34m
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:48
6:48
6:47
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:12
5:12
5:13
 mm
Temp °C
14
13
13
15
20
20
18
15
13
12
12
15
15
17
14
11
9
8
8
10
13
13
13
13
Feels °C
12
11
11
12
16
14
12
10
9
8
7
9
7
10
8
5
4
4
4
6
9
9
10
10
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