Lakes Beach Surf Forecast

/ NSW – Newcastle (55 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /

Australia (828 breaks) / Lat Long: (33.25° S 151.56° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Lakes Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Wednesday 27 May 2026 AEST

Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent

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 20.6° 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 4PM is: 2.1m 12s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00am May 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (27 May)	7.5ft (2.3m)	12s
Afternoon (27 May)	7ft (2.1m)	12s
Evening (27 May)	6.5ft (2.0m)	12s

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

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 67mm), heaviest during Thu night. Warm (max 20°C on Thu morning, min 15°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (calm on Wed morning, fresh winds from the SSW by Fri afternoon).
	Wednesday 27						Thursday 28								Friday 29								Sat 30
	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	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM
Rating (10 max)	!	!	!	!	3	4	4	4	3	3	2	1	1	0	0	1	2	2	2	2	!	!	4	3
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	S 8	SSW 8	SSW 8	E 10
Wave Graph
kJ	1572	1439	1436	1287	1129	1111	986	963	906	755	741	727	727	890	700	661	567	623	612	600	815	860	569	494
Wind (km/h)	W	SW	SSE	SE	SSE	ESE	SW	SSW	S	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	ESE	E	SE	SSE	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	WSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	glassy	cross	cross	cross	glassy	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off
High Tide	5:10AM1.12m				5:47PM1.43m				6:00AM1.08m				6:23PM1.49m				6:45AM1.06m				6:57PM1.54m
Low Tide			11:10AM0.31m				00:17AM0.37m				11:47AM0.33m					1:01AM0.31m			12:22PM0.35m					1:41AM0.26m


	6:45	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:46	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:47
	—	—	—	4:55	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:54	—	—	—	4:54
mm	—	—	—	—	1	3	3	—	—	2	2	2	3	10	9	4	3	5	5	2	4	2	6	1
Temp °C	18	18	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	19	20	20	20	19	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	18	17	17
Feels °C	18	19	19	19	20	20	19	18	18	19	20	19	18	16	17	19	19	17	16	15	15	14	13	13
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10
kJ	1572	1439	1436	1287	1129	1111	986	963	906	755	741	727	727	714	700	661	567	623	612	600	494	557	569	494
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 16	S 9	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 4	SSE 8	S 8	S 11	S 15	S 11	S 7	SSW 7	S 17	S 16	S 16	S 16
kJ	19	8	8	8	17	29	5	40	38	35	35	34	13	21	29	9	18	9	225	276	5	5	5	5
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 17	S 17	S 16	S 16	S 16	S 16	S 16	S 15	S 15	S 14	S 14	S 17	S 8	S 4	S 16	S 15	—	S 15	S 11	S 11	—	—	—	—
kJ	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	17	16	16	22	33	6	20	18	—	17	9	9	—	—	—	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	S 9	S 4	S 3	S 4	S 4	S 4	—	E 11	—	S 8	SSE 5	S 6	S 7	S 7	S 8	SSW 8	SSW 8	S 8
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	81	9	6	10	12	16	—	890	—	55	138	196	364	378	815	860	540	408
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	1	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3
Distance (km)	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	34	70	116	71	30	1	1	34	82	116	23	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3			3	3	3	3	3	3		4	4	3
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3
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