Lakes Beach surf break

Lakes Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Tuesday 25 Nov 2025 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
21.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Lakes Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Lakes Beach at 3PM is: 1.3m 11s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 1.3m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am November 25). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Nov)4.5ft (1.4m)8s
Afternoon (25 Nov)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Evening (25 Nov)3.5ft (1.1m)9s

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

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Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Fri
28
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
1
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SSE
1
SSE
1.3
ENE
1.3
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
E
1
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
S
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
E
1.5
S
1.4
SSE
Period(s) (?)811119999991011111110101010101010101066
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)32121435326120316816814113318718714924523622722221817615113310298167170
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
20
NE
30
ENE
20
NE
20
NW
15
NNW
10
NW
10
NNW
15
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
10
NW
10
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
0
W
5
E
15
SE
10
S
25
S
20
SSE
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
offoffoffglassglasscross-
on
glasscross-
off
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:51AM
1.45
12:56AM
0.96
12:37PM
1.40
1:56AM
0.99
1:28PM
1.36
2:58AM
1.05
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:15AM
0.50
6:53PM
0.28
6:04AM
0.55
7:42PM
0.28
7:04AM
0.59
8:32PM
0.26
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Fri
28
Sunrise5:39-------5:37-------5:37-------
Sunset---7:42-------7:43-------7:44----
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----1------1------------
Temp. °C192324232424222224303131282422212227282624201919
Feels °C (?)192221232223222223272829282321202026272423171718
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