Lakes Beach surf break

Lakes Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Wednesday 01 Apr 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
23.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Lakes Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Lakes Beach at 10PM is: 0.6m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 1.0m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Apr)--
Afternoon (01 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)15s
Evening (01 Apr)2ft (0.6m)14s

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


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Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.9
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.1
NE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
E
0.4
SSE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
1.2
S
1.2
SSE
0.6
E
0.7
E
Period(s) (?)161514141212111177755566713776677
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)23415713691486840395454724142645556565536371121123545
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
20
NNE
10
NNW
10
NNE
5
NW
10
NE
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
NE
20
NNE
15
N
5
NNW
5
NW
15
S
25
S
25
S
25
SSE
25
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononcross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
off
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:01PM
1.46
9:12AM
1.38
9:33PM
1.51
9:49AM
1.31
10:04PM
1.53
10:26AM
1.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:47PM
0.15
3:10AM
0.20
3:17PM
0.18
3:50AM
0.19
3:46PM
0.23
4:29AM
0.20
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunrise------7:05-------7:05-------7:07-
Sunset-6:50-------6:47-------6:46------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212222212020192021222121201918212221212020202121
Feels °C (?)202020202121202020222021212019212019191717171919
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