Lakes Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 33.25° S 151.56° E

Lakes Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 am 02 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Lakes Beach sea temperature is
18.3°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 (02 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 10s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 11s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 10s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Lakes Beach at 9AM is: 0.7m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am September 02). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Afternoon (02 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Evening (02 Sep)2ft (0.6m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 27°C on Thu morning, min 14°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Wednesday
2
Thursday
3
Friday
4
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
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
S
10
0.8
S
10
0.7
S
10
0.7
S
10
0.7
S
11
0.7
S
11
0.6
S
10
0.6
S
10
0.6
S
10
0.5
S
10
0.5
S
10
0.6
S
10
0.6
S
10
0.5
S
10
0.5
S
10
0.4
SSE
10
0.4
SSE
10
0.7
SSW
6
0.4
SSE
10
0.9
S
11
1.1
S
10
0.9
S
9
0.7
S
8
0.6
S
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
138
133
100
104
108
108
75
73
71
50
50
73
74
52
52
34
33
34
33
182
244
136
68
48
Wind (km/h)
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
20
NNW
25
NW
20
W
5
S
20
W
25
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
10
WSW
5
SSW
15
ESE
20
ENE
25
NNE
10
WNW
Wind State
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
off
glassy
cross-off
off
off
off
off
glassy
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-off
High Tide
10:52PM1.27m
11:26AM1.45m
11:44PM1.14m
12:20PM1.44m
00:50AM1.03m
1:25PM1.43m
Low Tide
4:57AM0.24m
5:52PM0.33m
5:42AM0.32m
7:00PM0.37m
6:36AM0.40m
8:22PM0.37m
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:11
6:09
6:07
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:36
5:37
5:37
 mm
Temp °C
18
17
17
22
26
26
24
23
20
19
18
24
27
24
22
17
15
14
14
16
17
17
17
18
Feels °C
14
13
13
18
21
22
20
20
17
16
14
19
22
22
18
12
11
10
11
14
13
13
13
15
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