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Lakes Beach surf break

Lakes Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Tuesday 20 Jan 2026 AEDT
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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
23.0° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Lakes Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Lakes Beach at 8PM is: 1.7m 11s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm January 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jan)--
Afternoon (20 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)8s
Evening (20 Jan)6ft (1.8m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
2
!
!
3
2
0
0
!
2
2
3
3
2
0
0
1
0
!
!
2
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SE
1
ESE
1.7
SE
1.9
SE
2.1
ESE
2.1
ESE
2
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
2.1
ESE
2
ESE
2
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.7
SE
2.1
SE
1.5
ESE
1.3
ESE
2.4
SE
2.3
SE
1.6
SE
1.8
S
Period(s) (?)81111111111111111111111111111111111111188109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2012476778781094103092683181586210069069068148147006771034523375614632452516
Wind
(km/h)
15
SE
20
SE
15
SSE
10
SE
10
S
10
SW
10
SW
10
S
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
10
NNE
0
N
5
SW
15
SSE
25
SSE
35
SSE
30
S
30
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		offoffcrosscross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		glassglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:40PM
1.14
10:34AM
1.63
11:18PM
1.19
11:10AM
1.58
11:59PM
1.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:42PM
0.11
4:09AM
0.33
5:16PM
0.09
4:52AM
0.34
5:50PM
0.10
5:38AM
0.38
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sunrise------6:03-------6:05-------6:05-
Sunset--8:04-------8:04-------8:02-----
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222221201918192121212020201920222220201919191920
Feels °C (?)201919191817182019191819202021201815151415151517
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