Lakes Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 33.25° S 151.56° E

Issued: 9 pm 11 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Lakes Beach sea temperature is

18.9° 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 (12 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (12 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 10s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 10s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Lakes Beach at 12AM is: 1.1m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm July 11). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (12 Jul)	2.5ft (0.8m)	10s
Afternoon (12 Jul)	1.5ft (0.5m)	10s
Evening (12 Jul)	1.5ft (0.4m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Very mild (max 19°C on Mon afternoon, min 10°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the W on Sun night, light winds from the S by Tue afternoon).
	Sat 11		Sunday 12								Monday 13								Tuesday 14
	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	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 11	ESE 10	SE 10	SE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	SE 9	SSW 8	SSW 8	SSW 7	S 12	SSW 12	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 11	S 11	S 11	S 10	S 10
Wave Graph
kJ	214	202	225	220	154	109	83	51	49	32	31	20	39	32	15	11	26	24	23	22	9	9	8	8
Wind (km/h)	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	WNW	WNW	W	W	W	WNW	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	WNW	WNW	NW	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	S
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off
High Tide	5:24PM1.64m				6:06AM1.07m				6:19PM1.74m					7:08AM1.11m				7:13PM1.82m				8:03AM1.14m
Low Tide			00:15AM0.17m				11:38AM0.28m					1:13AM0.06m			12:36PM0.26m					2:06AM-0.02m				1:30PM0.24m


	—	—	—	6:56	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:56	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:54	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:01	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:01	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:02
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	16	14	13	12	14	13	16	17	13	12	11	10	11	13	17	19	15	13	12	12	13	15	19	19
Feels °C	11	10	9	7	8	6	9	10	7	5	3	2	5	8	12	14	9	7	7	7	7	9	14	16
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 11	ESE 10	SE 10	SE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	SSW 5	ESE 9	SSW 5	SSW 8	SSW 8	SSW 7	SSW 7	SSW 7	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 8	S 7	S 7	WNW 3
kJ	214	202	225	220	154	109	83	51	49	14	31	10	39	32	15	9	9	24	23	22	6	4	4	1
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 8	SSE 8	S 15	S 15	SSE 8	SSE 8	SE 8	SSE 8	SSW 6	ESE 9	S 12	SE 9	ESE 9	S 11	S 11	S 12	SSW 12	SSW 7	S 7	E 8	S 11	S 11	S 10	S 7
kJ	86	62	4	4	26	26	16	13	6	32	3	20	7	9	10	11	26	4	3	1	9	9	8	4
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 15	S 15	S 15	S 15	S 14	S 14	NNW 4	S 12	SSE 8	S 12	S 12	S 11	E 10	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	N 4	SE 8	SE 8	E 10	E 7	S 16	S 16	S 10
kJ	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	3	6	3	3	3	2	7	7	7	1	3	2	2	1	5	5	8
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNW 3	NNW 3	NNW 3	NNW 3	NW 4	WNW 4	W 4	W 3	W 4	W 4	WSW 4	WNW 4	WNW 4	WNW 4	NW 3	NW 3	NW 4	NW 4	WNW 4	WNW 3	WNW 3	WNW 3	WNW 3	WNW 4
kJ	2	5	4	5	12	16	10	6	12	12	28	22	16	7	5	5	10	12	11	8	8	10	5	7
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	5	4	4	4	13	42	13	42	0	21	168	63	20	9	116	83	116	116	149	216	216	216	216	283
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	1		1	1	1	1			1	1		1
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	4	4	2	2	2	1	1	1	9	3	1	1	4	1	1	4	5	9	9	9	5	7
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Rating (10 max)	4	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	6	5	9	9	9	6	7

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