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Lakes Beach Surf Forecast
/ NSW – Newcastle (55 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /
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Lakes Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Friday 19 Sep 2025 AEST
How big are the waves at Lakes Beach today?
The current surf forecast for Lakes Beach at 4AM is: 1.1m 6s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00am September 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (19 Sep) | 2ft (0.6m) | 10s |
| Afternoon (19 Sep) | 2ft (0.6m) | 9s |
| Evening (19 Sep) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 6s |
Table - waves today at Lakes Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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| 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) (?) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 11 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 101 | 80 | 71 | 90 | 85 | 58 | 56 | 51 | 34 | 33 | 37 | 73 | 49 | 48 | 30 | 28 | 41 | 631 | 443 | 287 | 188 | 109 | 78 | 42 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross | on | cross- on | off | cross- on | cross- off | cross | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | off | cross- off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross- on | on | cross- off | off |
High Tide / height (m) | 6:36AM 1.18 | 6:34PM 1.52 | 7:12AM 1.26 | 7:14PM 1.51 | 7:46AM 1.34 | 7:50PM 1.47 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 12:31AM 0.18 | 12:16PM 0.35 | 1:07AM 0.15 | 1:00PM 0.30 | 1:38AM 0.14 | 1:41PM 0.26 | ||||||||||||||||||
Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | Sunday 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | 5:48 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:47 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:46 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | 5:46 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:47 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:47 | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 15 | 14 | 13 | 17 | 21 | 23 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 19 | 16 |
| Feels °C (?) | 14 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 16 | 12 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Newcastle
The wind is still offshore at Lakes Beach (light winds from the W at Norah Head Automatic Weather Station 1 km from Lakes Beach). 1.0m 6s windswell from the ENE with a 0.6m 8s swell from the S and a 0.3m 10s swell, also from the S. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 h 23 min ago
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