Lakes Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 33.25° S 151.56° E

Lakes Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 05 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Lakes Beach sea temperature is
18.9°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 (06 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 9s period with ENE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 9s period with ENE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 9s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Lakes Beach at 1AM is: 1.2m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Afternoon (06 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)9s
Evening (06 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Mon afternoon. Warm (max 22°C on Tue morning, min 14°C on Thu morning). Winds increasing (calm on Tue morning, fresh winds from the S by Tue night).

Mon
5
Tuesday
6
Wednesday
7
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
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Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
ENE
10
1.3
ENE
10
1.3
ENE
10
1.2
ENE
10
1.2
ENE
9
1.2
ENE
9
1.1
ENE
9
1.1
ENE
9
1.1
ENE
9
1
ENE
9
1
ENE
9
0.9
ENE
9
0.8
ENE
9
2.5
S
8
3
S
9
3.5
S
10
3
S
10
3
S
10
2.5
S
9
2.3
S
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
305
312
305
264
253
242
188
184
184
154
154
116
92
784
1497
2149
2050
1628
1028
709
Wind (km/h)
5
SSE
10
SE
10
E
10
N
10
NW
10
W
10
W
0
ENE
15
ESE
10
E
5
W
30
SSW
35
S
35
S
35
S
30
S
30
S
30
S
30
S
25
S
Wind State
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
4:40PM1.45m
5:51AM1.11m
5:44PM1.47m
6:41AM1.22m
6:39PM1.49m
Low Tide
11:37PM0.21m
11:23AM0.45m
00:28AM0.16m
12:26PM0.37m
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cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
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1
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Temp °C
20
20
19
19
19
18
18
22
21
21
21
20
16
15
15
15
15
16
15
15
Feels °C
20
19
19
19
19
17
17
22
19
19
21
14
9
8
7
7
8
9
8
9
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