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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 10 pm Tuesday 24 Mar 2026 AEDTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Lakes Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Lakes Beach sea temperature is
24.8° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Lakes Beach today?
The current surf forecast for Lakes Beach at 2AM is: 1.5m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 24). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (AEDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (25 Mar) | 5ft (1.5m) | 9s |
| Afternoon (25 Mar) | 5ft (1.5m) | 10s |
| Evening (25 Mar) | 6ft (1.8m) | 11s |
Table - waves today at Lakes Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | |
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Swell Height Map |   |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 264 | 318 | 372 | 380 | 380 | 397 | 423 | 523 | 622 | 1090 | 1360 | 1459 | 1415 | 1236 | 1332 | 1447 | 1277 | 986 | 792 | 707 | 394 | 319 | 302 | 234 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- on | on | glass | off | off | glass | cross- on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | glass | on | cross- on | off | cross- off | cross- off | off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off |
High Tide / height (m) | 1:33AM 1.50 | 2:34PM 0.97 | 2:45AM 1.45 | 4:04PM 0.95 | 4:04AM 1.43 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 6:51PM 0.40 | 8:34AM 0.29 | 7:57PM 0.49 | 9:57AM 0.30 | 9:19PM 0.53 | 11:14AM 0.27 | ||||||||||||||||||
Tue 24 | Wednesday 25 | Thursday 26 | Friday 27 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | 6:58 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:01 | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:59 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:58 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:55 |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 23 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 |
| Feels °C (?) | 23 | 23 | 23 | 20 | 20 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 23 | 22 | 24 | 22 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
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