Lakes Beach surf break

Lakes Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 19 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
23.5° 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 2AM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)6s
Afternoon (20 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)6s
Evening (20 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thu
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.4
ENE
0.6
SSE
0.7
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.5
E
0.8
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.5
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
Period(s) (?)88886666666777666965510109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)312923232331443638324361616139383738394444489262
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
S
15
SE
15
SE
10
SE
5
S
10
WSW
10
SW
5
SSW
10
SSW
10
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
S
20
S
20
SSE
15
SE
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrossglassoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:40PM
1.51
9:50AM
1.51
10:18PM
1.57
10:34AM
1.43
10:58PM
1.60
11:22AM
1.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:45AM
0.14
4:02PM
0.06
4:31AM
0.12
4:38PM
0.12
5:21AM
0.13
Thu
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise----6:56-------6:56-------6:56---
Sunset-------7:06-------7:04-------7:02
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--31123-----1----23--1--
Temp. °C222220202022232322222120202122232322222121222222
Feels °C (?)242421212123232222232221212222222320212020212223
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