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Lakes Beach Surf Forecast
/ NSW – Newcastle (55 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /
Lakes Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Sunday 20 Jul 2025 AEST
How big are the waves at Lakes Beach today?
The current surf forecast for Lakes Beach at 7AM is: 0.6m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am July 20). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.
| Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (20 Jul) | 2ft (0.6m) | 7s |
| Afternoon (20 Jul) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 7s |
| Evening (20 Jul) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at Lakes Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Sunday 20 | Monday 21 | Tuesday 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 10 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Energy (?) | 66 | 56 | 48 | 44 | 40 | 66 | 143 | 165 | 199 | 258 | 282 | 323 | 284 | 286 | 383 | 509 | 570 | 500 | 521 | 540 | 569 | 806 | 561 | 634 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | glass | glass | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on |
High Tide / height (m) | 3:34AM 1.04 | 4:15PM 1.52 | 4:52AM 1.01 | 5:15PM 1.60 | 6:02AM 1.03 | 6:11PM 1.68 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 9:25AM 0.33 | 11:06PM 0.30 | 10:28AM 0.35 | 12:11AM 0.20 | 11:29AM 0.34 | |||||||||||||||||||
Sunday 20 | Monday 21 | Tuesday 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | 6:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:52 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | 5:06 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:07 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:07 | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 15 |
| Feels °C (?) | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 11 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Newcastle
Offshore wind has become very light (light winds from the W at Norah Head Automatic Weather Station 1 km from Lakes Beach). Surf should be turning clean at Lakes Beach. 0.7m 6s windswell from the ESE with a 0.6m 3s local chop from the SSW and a 0.2m 7s swell from the S. Swells combining to make to make bigger set waves.
Actual: 57 min ago
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