Lakes Beach surf break

Lakes Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Monday 30 Mar 2026 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
24.7° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Lakes Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Lakes Beach at 2AM is: 1.2m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 17s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Mar)3ft (0.9m)8s
Afternoon (31 Mar)2ft (0.6m)16s
Evening (31 Mar)2ft (0.6m)16s

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


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Mon
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
Period(s) (?)99988816161613131216161615141412126667
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)280238202147140114127178172851217713418123415513691756960535558
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
15
ENE
10
NNE
5
NW
5
W
5
NNE
10
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
20
NE
10
N
5
NNW
5
WNW
10
NE
15
ENE
20
ENE
25
NE
25
NNE
10
N
10
NNE
10
N
10
NE
15
ENE
20
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
cross-
off
offglassonononcross-
on
crossglasscross-
off
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:52PM
1.30
7:54AM
1.48
8:27PM
1.39
8:34AM
1.44
9:01PM
1.46
9:12AM
1.38
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:44AM
0.30
2:16PM
0.14
2:28AM
0.24
2:47PM
0.15
3:10AM
0.20
3:17PM
0.18
Mon
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Sunrise----7:03-------7:03-------7:05---
Sunset-------6:51-------6:50-------6:47
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202020181920212121212019192021222221202019202122
Feels °C (?)181820181920201918192020202020212019202120202121
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