Lakes Beach surf break

Lakes Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Thursday 16 Apr 2026 AEST
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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
22.3° 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 1PM is: 1.2m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00am April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Afternoon (16 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)9s
Evening (16 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.2
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
2.1
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
3
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3
S
Period(s) (?)9101099999888886891010111112121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)207223266134999797716647463129322770112918491387146518352749360136012559
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
10
N
15
ENE
25
ENE
15
NNE
15
W
15
W
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
NE
15
ENE
35
S
35
S
25
S
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SSE
25
S
20
S
20
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:58AM
1.44
7:30PM
1.58
7:45AM
1.42
8:09PM
1.68
8:33AM
1.37
8:51PM
1.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:10PM
0.08
1:45AM
0.13
1:48PM
0.08
2:33AM
0.05
2:27PM
0.12
3:23AM
0.02
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
Sunrise6:15-------6:16-------6:16-------
Sunset---5:30-------5:30-------5:28----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-------------21---------
Temp. °C161922222122201818232624201717151416171718171414
Feels °C (?)161920182019171514192321141113111012131113131010
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