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Lakes Beach surf break

Lakes Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Sunday 15 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
22.9° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Lakes Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Lakes Beach at 5PM is: 0.5m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 15). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Afternoon (15 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Evening (15 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)19s

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

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16 DaysHourly
Print Table
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wed
18
8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
ESE
0.8
S
0.8
E
0.5
S
0.9
S
1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
1.7
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.4
NE
1.6
NE
1.6
NE
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.5
ENE
Period(s) (?)999141918161615151414666671212111111106
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11210610210359960664359245334326024620220215719420867666057553519
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
10
NNE
20
ENE
25
NE
30
NE
25
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
20
NE
30
NE
30
NE
25
NNE
15
N
15
N
10
N
10
N
10
WNW
10
WNW
15
S
20
SSE
15
S
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:25AM
1.39
7:14PM
1.08
7:09AM
1.47
7:51PM
1.19
7:49AM
1.53
8:27PM
1.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:12PM
0.28
12:47AM
0.43
1:47PM
0.19
1:33AM
0.34
2:20PM
0.11
2:16AM
0.26
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wed
18
Sunrise6:52-------6:52-------6:52-------
Sunset---7:12-------7:10-------7:09----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
rain showers
Rain (mm)
---------------------1-1
Temp. °C182021222221201818202223232221202125302925242321
Feels °C (?)182019191919191817192021202021202125292724242321
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