Lakes Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 33.25° S 151.56° E

Lakes Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 pm 05 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Lakes Beach sea temperature is
18.7°C
0.4° 

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 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 7s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 7s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 11s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Lakes Beach at 1AM is: 0.5m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm September 05). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)7s
Afternoon (06 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)7s
Evening (06 Sep)10ft (3.0m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Warm (max 25°C on Sat night, min 15°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (calm on Mon morning, fresh winds from the S by Mon night).

Sat
5
Sunday
6
Monday
7
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
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
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3
2
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
S
10
0.6
S
10
0.5
S
10
0.5
S
10
0.5
S
10
0.8
SSW
7
1.1
S
7
1.1
S
8
1.6
S
9
3
S
11
2.5
S
10
2.1
S
10
1.8
S
9
1.6
S
8
1.5
S
8
1.4
S
9
1.4
S
9
1.5
S
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
64
65
44
44
45
60
131
135
380
1802
1546
797
505
347
309
297
304
340
Wind (km/h)
20
WNW
15
NW
20
WSW
25
WNW
20
WNW
15
SW
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
S
20
S
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
5
W
15
E
20
ESE
20
SE
25
SSE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
High Tide
3:44AM0.96m
3:54PM1.49m
4:59AM1.02m
5:00PM1.56m
Low Tide
9:46PM0.33m
9:08AM0.47m
10:58PM0.24m
10:24AM0.43m
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:05
6:05
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:37
5:38
 mm
1
Temp °C
22
25
21
18
15
18
19
18
17
16
16
16
15
16
17
17
17
16
Feels °C
19
21
17
12
9
13
14
13
12
13
14
14
14
15
14
13
13
12
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