Lakes Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 33.25° S 151.56° E

Issued: 4 am 15 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Lakes Beach sea temperature is

20.8°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 (15 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (15 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 11s period with S swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 10s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 10s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Lakes Beach at 10AM is: 1.9m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am October 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (15 Oct)	6ft (1.9m)	11s
Afternoon (15 Oct)	5.5ft (1.7m)	10s
Evening (15 Oct)	5.5ft (1.7m)	10s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 17°C on Thu morning, min 16°C on Thu morning). Wind will be generally light.
	Thursday 15								Friday 16								Saturday 17
	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	3	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	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)	S 12	S 11	S 11	S 10	S 10	S 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SE 9	SSE 9	SE 10	SE 9	SE 9	SSE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9
Wave Graph
kJ	1084	1029	835	682	563	499	502	508	452	367	377	362	406	480	535	513	415	378	357	357	294	321	321	359
Wind (km/h)	SSE	S	S	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on
High Tide	11:30PM1.05m				11:33AM1.45m				00:16AM0.97m				12:17PM1.37m				1:11AM0.91m				1:09PM1.30m
Low Tide		5:00AM0.43m					6:23PM0.33m				5:37AM0.50m				7:17PM0.40m				6:23AM0.57m					8:20PM0.44m


	—	6:13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:11	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	7:05	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:06	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:07	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	16	16	16	17	17	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17
Feels °C	12	13	13	12	13	12	12	13	13	14	13	12	12	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	14	14	15
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 12	S 11	S 11	S 10	S 10	S 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 12	SSE 12	SSE 9	SE 10	SE 9	SE 9	SSE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9
kJ	1084	1029	835	682	563	499	502	508	452	367	377	129	119	480	535	513	415	378	357	357	294	321	321	359
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 9	ENE 10	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	SSE 13	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	SE 12	SE 12	ENE 10	ENE 10	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	ENE 10
kJ	14	14	15	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	64	18	19	19	33	32	53	52	31	31	53	92	52	19
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	NE 8	NNE 8	—	NE 10	—	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	ENE 9	ENE 10	—	—	—	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	S 16	S 15	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	S 13
kJ	—	3	6	—	15	—	4	3	3	3	16	32	—	—	—	32	31	31	5	4	31	31	31	3
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SSE 9	SE 9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	362	406	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2
Distance (km)	1	0	0	27	34	137	38	38	38	3	38	229	305	256	229	182	94	3	94	3	3	229	71	38
Best forecast wave conditions in Newcastle	JD Reef	JD Reef	JD Reef	Shallows	Shallows		Box Head	Box Head	Box Head	Backdoor 4	Box Head							Backdoor 4		Backdoor 4	Shallows		Anna Bay-Morna Point	Anna Bay-Morna Point
Rating (10 max)	4	4	3	3	3		2	2	2	2	2							2		2	2		2	2
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	2	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4

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