Lakes Beach surf break

Lakes Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Tuesday 01 Jul 2025 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
19.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Lakes Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Lakes Beach at 2PM is: 4.0m 8s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 2.5m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00am July 01). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Jul)8ft (2.4m)10s
Afternoon (01 Jul)15ft (4.5m)9s
Evening (01 Jul)10ft (3.0m)12s

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

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Tuesday
01
Wednesday
02
Thursday
03
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
E
2.5
E
4
SSW
4.5
SSW
3
ESE
3.5
ESE
3.5
ESE
3
ESE
5
S
4.5
S
4
S
4.5
S
3.5
SSW
3
S
3
SSW
3
SSW
3.5
S
3.5
S
3
S
3.5
S
4
S
5
S
4.5
S
4
S
3.5
S
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.1
SSE
2
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SE
1.4
SE
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
E
0.8
ENE
1.5
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.6
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.8
S
2
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.1
E
1.1
E
Period(s) (?)11108912121212101010101010101010101010101111111010101010101010101099999988888897876777777799
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)91220343725457341173796400146206435556445004630340927272751239234093216231229354317101438940651347231747150212611135982891852689592522467408326292283216154150140127136137153323315308468498503811798793752394351
Wind
(km/h)
40
SSW
45
SSW
55
SW
55
WSW
55
WSW
40
WSW
40
W
55
SW
45
SW
60
SSW
50
SW
40
SW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
W
45
WSW
40
SW
40
SSW
35
WSW
35
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
SW
5
SSE
5
NE
10
N
10
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
NW
10
E
10
ENE
10
NNW
5
W
10
SW
10
SW
10
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
S
10
S
25
SE
25
SE
5
S
15
WSW
30
SW
35
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
W
25
W
20
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffcrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
oncrossoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:03PM
1.14
12:41AM
1.27
1:54PM
1.18
1:31AM
1.14
2:45PM
1.22
2:28AM
1.03
3:34PM
1.27
3:31AM
0.96
4:22PM
1.33
4:35AM
0.93
5:08PM
1.39
5:35AM
0.94
5:52PM
1.45
6:27AM
0.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:42AM
0.23
6:40PM
0.54
7:21AM
0.29
7:45PM
0.58
8:01AM
0.34
8:56PM
0.59
8:43AM
0.39
10:05PM
0.56
9:28AM
0.42
11:07PM
0.50
10:16AM
0.44
12:00AM
0.42
11:04AM
0.44
12:46AM
0.35
11:51AM
0.42
Tuesday
01
Wednesday
02
Thursday
03
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Sunrise6:58-------6:58-------6:58-------6:56-------6:56-------6:56-------6:56-------6:56---
Sunset---4:55-------4:57-------4:57-------4:58-------4:58-------4:59-------4:59-------5:00
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Rain (mm)
161011441835521--11643------------------------111333718144-------
Temp. °C131313121214141515161515151513131416121514141313111316161514121212131616161514131416161717151616161414131414141414151819
Feels °C (?)6431167675678854685888786913141311999111414141313111215141615131312161297999910121517
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