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Lakes Beach Surf Forecast
/ NSW – Newcastle (55 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /
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Lakes Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Wednesday 10 Sep 2025 AEST
How big are the waves at Lakes Beach today?
The current surf forecast for Lakes Beach at 7PM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 1.4m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm September 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (10 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (10 Sep) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 10s |
| Evening (10 Sep) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 13s |
Table - waves today at Lakes Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Wednesday 10 | Thursday 11 | Friday 12 | Saturday 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 7 AM | 10 AM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 7 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Energy (?) | 294 | 418 | 456 | 533 | 406 | 332 | 297 | 4365 | 4475 | 3732 | 2954 | 2207 | 3285 | 2498 | 2134 | 1018 | 796 | 709 | 609 | 512 | 418 | 533 | 531 | 570 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | on | on | cross- on | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | cross- off | off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | off | off | cross- off | cross- on | cross- on | on | glass | glass | cross- off | off | glass |
High Tide / height (m) | 9:58PM 1.45 | 10:28AM 1.56 | 10:48PM 1.31 | 11:16AM 1.55 | 11:45PM 1.15 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 3:54PM 0.14 | 4:07AM 0.11 | 4:48PM 0.17 | 4:48AM 0.21 | 5:48PM 0.23 | 5:34AM 0.32 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 10 | Thursday 11 | Friday 12 | Saturday 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:58 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:58 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:56 | - |
| Sunset | - | 5:40 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:42 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:42 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 14 |
| Feels °C (?) | 13 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 14 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Newcastle
Recent on-shore wind 1 km from Lakes Beach has fallen light (calm at Norah Head Automatic Weather Station). Waves cleaning up. 1.3m 10s swell from the S with a 1.3m 6s windswell from the ESE and a 1.0m 14s groundswell from the S as well as a 0.7m 9s swell from the ENE. 4 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
Actual: 48 min ago
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