Lakes Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 33.25° S 151.56° E

Lakes Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 pm 22 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Lakes Beach sea temperature is
17.6°C
0.6° 

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 (23 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (23 Aug, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 10s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 15s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Aug, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 11s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Lakes Beach at 4AM is: 0.5m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm August 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Aug)4ft (1.2m)10s
Afternoon (23 Aug)2ft (0.6m)15s
Evening (23 Aug)3ft (0.9m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Warm (max 21°C on Tue morning, min 13°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (calm on Sat night, fresh winds from the NE by Mon afternoon).

Sat
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SSW
8
0.4
NE
6
0.4
NE
6
0.5
S
12
1.2
S
11
1.3
S
10
1.3
S
9
0.7
S
14
0.9
S
12
0.9
S
11
1.1
S
11
1
S
10
0.9
S
10
0.9
S
10
0.9
S
10
0.8
S
10
0.7
S
10
0.7
S
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
22
14
9
71
350
340
275
196
244
202
267
200
162
159
156
123
98
104
Wind (km/h)
10
SE
5
SE
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
15
N
10
NNW
10
NNE
20
ENE
30
NE
30
NE
20
NNE
Wind State
cross-on
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
4:01PM1.29m
4:54AM0.89m
4:58PM1.35m
5:47AM0.94m
5:46PM1.42m
Low Tide
11:10PM0.46m
10:09AM0.54m
11:58PM0.39m
11:07AM0.50m
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:22
6:22
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:29
5:30
 mm
Temp °C
17
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
17
16
16
14
13
15
18
18
17
18
Feels °C
15
16
14
13
13
13
13
13
14
13
13
11
11
13
14
13
13
15
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