Lakes Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 33.25° S 151.56° E

Issued: 10 am 09 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Lakes Beach sea temperature is

21.1°C

Lakes Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Lakes Beach today (09 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Nov, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 10s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Nov, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 11s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Nov, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 11s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Lakes Beach at 2PM is: 3.0m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am November 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (09 Nov)	10ft (3.0m)	10s
Afternoon (09 Nov)	10ft (3.0m)	11s
Evening (09 Nov)	10ft (3.0m)	11s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Mon morning. Warm (max 20°C on Wed morning, min 13°C on Mon morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Mon morning, light winds from the W by Tue night).
	Monday 9						Tuesday 10								Wednesday 11								Thu 12
	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	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	0	0	0	1	3	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SE 9	SSE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SSE 8	SE 8	SE 8
Wave Graph
kJ	1765	1882	2045	2180	1969	1884	1677	1539	1384	1192	1102	831	742	590	500	439	360	276	237	182	148	126	102	153
Wind (km/h)	SW	SSW	S	S	SSE	SSW	WSW	W	WNW	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	W	W	W	ESE	E	NNE	NNE	ESE	SSE	S
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	off	off	cross-off	on	on	on	on	cross-on	off	off	off	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off
High Tide		8:41AM1.61m				9:12PM1.14m				9:15AM1.61m				9:52PM1.10m				9:50AM1.59m				10:31PM1.05m
Low Tide				3:19PM0.17m				2:47AM0.31m				3:58PM0.17m				3:20AM0.35m				4:37PM0.19m				3:55AM0.40m


	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:47	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:46	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:45
	—	—	—	7:27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:29	—	—	—	7:30
mm	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	13	16	16	17	16	16	14	13	13	17	18	18	19	19	17	16	17	20	19	20	19	19	19	19
Feels °C	7	10	10	11	12	14	12	11	11	14	13	13	15	18	18	15	16	20	15	16	17	20	19	17
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SE 9	SSE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6
kJ	1765	19	18	18	1969	1884	1677	1539	1384	1192	1102	831	742	590	500	439	360	276	237	182	148	54	44	24
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 11	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	E 10	E 10	E 10	ENE 11	ENE 11	ENE 11	ENE 11	S 13	S 13	E 10	S 12	ENE 5	NE 5	NE 5	S 10	S 10	S 10	SSE 8	S 9	S 9
kJ	20	6	6	6	18	8	9	11	11	12	12	13	13	8	11	15	11	6	8	17	7	126	6	6
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 12	—	NE 12	—	NE 13	NE 12	NE 11	NE 12	NE 12	S 13	S 13	E 11	E 11	S 12	E 10	S 12	S 11	S 10	E 11	E 10	E 10	S 10	E 10	E 10
kJ	6	—	6	—	6	5	5	5	5	3	3	9	9	11	8	25	9	18	9	9	8	7	8	7
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 9	SSE 10	SSE 11	SSE 11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	ENE 4	ENE 4	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	—	—	ENE 5	NE 4	NE 5	NNE 6	SE 8	SE 8
kJ	165	1882	2045	2180	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	21	38	41	32	26	—	—	14	39	61	84	102	153
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Rating (10 max)	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1
Distance (km)	50	168	179	550	179	1	1	1	3	40	568	182	112	5	0	0	0	3	182	81	16	3	1	3
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Rating (10 max)						4	4	4	4	4				3	3	3	2	2		2	2	2	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	2	2	4	3	3
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