Lakes Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 33.25° S 151.56° E

Lakes Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 pm 01 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Lakes Beach sea temperature is
18.5°C
0.2° 

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 (02 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 7s period with NE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 7s period with ENE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 6s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Lakes Beach at 1AM is: 1.8m 7s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 1.4m 7s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm October 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Oct)5ft (1.6m)7s
Afternoon (02 Oct)4ft (1.2m)7s
Evening (02 Oct)6ft (1.8m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sat morning. Warm (max 25°C on Fri morning, min 15°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
1
Friday
2
Saturday
3
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
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.8
NE
6
1.6
NE
7
1.8
NE
7
1.6
NE
7
1.6
NE
7
0.9
ENE
7
1
ENE
7
1.2
ENE
7
1.8
NE
6
1.5
ENE
7
1.4
ENE
8
1.3
ENE
8
1.1
ENE
8
1
ENE
7
1
ENE
7
1.3
ENE
7
1.9
NE
7
2
NE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
231
220
316
262
269
90
108
138
259
215
213
173
138
114
101
173
315
357
Wind (km/h)
30
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
15
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNE
20
E
15
ENE
20
SSE
10
S
15
SSE
10
SW
10
S
5
N
10
NNE
15
NE
20
NNE
25
NNE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
11:44PM1.06m
11:59AM1.51m
00:58AM0.99m
1:08PM1.46m
Low Tide
5:47PM0.23m
5:19AM0.40m
6:58PM0.27m
6:22AM0.48m
8:18PM0.29m
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part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
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cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
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Temp °C
22
21
21
21
21
25
21
20
19
19
19
19
18
17
17
18
18
18
Feels °C
16
17
16
17
17
21
17
19
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20
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18
18
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15
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