Lakes Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 33.25° S 151.56° E

Issued: 9 am 11 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Lakes Beach sea temperature is

18.9° 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 (11 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 12s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 11s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 10s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Lakes Beach at 1PM is: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 1.1m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am July 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (11 Jul)	3ft (0.9m)	12s
Afternoon (11 Jul)	3ft (0.9m)	11s
Evening (11 Jul)	3.5ft (1.1m)	10s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Very mild (max 19°C on Mon afternoon, min 10°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NW on Sat morning, fresh winds from the WNW by Sun morning).
	Saturday 11						Sunday 12								Monday 13								Tue 14
	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	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM
Rating (10 max)	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 9	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 10	ESE 10	SE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	SSW 7	S 7	SSW 7	SSW 6	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 8
Wave Graph
kJ	260	210	193	234	214	241	261	220	140	109	83	51	49	32	32	15	18	24	15	14	25	24	23	13
Wind (km/h)	WNW	NW	NNE	N	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	WNW	WNW	W	W	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	NW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide	4:57AM1.05m				5:24PM1.64m				6:06AM1.07m				6:19PM1.74m					7:08AM1.11m				7:13PM1.82m
Low Tide			10:39AM0.30m				00:15AM0.17m				11:38AM0.28m					1:13AM0.06m			12:36PM0.26m					2:06AM-0.02m


	6:56	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:56	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:56	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:54
	—	—	—	5:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:01	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:01	—	—	—	5:02
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	11	12	15	18	16	14	13	12	14	14	16	16	13	11	10	10	10	13	18	19	15	13	12	12
Feels °C	9	10	13	14	11	9	9	7	9	7	9	9	6	4	3	3	4	7	13	14	8	7	7	7
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 8	ESE 11	ESE 10	ESE 10	SE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	SSW 5	SSW 5	SSW 7	S 7	SSW 7	SSW 6	SSW 6	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 8
kJ	260	197	168	132	214	241	261	220	140	109	83	51	49	32	11	10	18	24	15	14	8	24	23	13
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 13	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 11	SSE 8	SSE 8	S 15	S 15	SSE 8	SSE 8	SE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	S 12	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	S 12	SSW 11	SSW 6	SE 8	S 11
kJ	192	210	193	234	86	62	4	4	26	26	16	13	6	3	32	15	14	7	7	11	25	4	2	9
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 16	S 15	S 15	S 16	S 15	S 15	S 15	S 15	S 14	S 14	NNW 4	NE 5	S 12	S 12	SE 8	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 12	ESE 8	SE 8	SE 8	E 10	E 8
kJ	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	1	3	3	2	3	9	10	11	7	3	3	2	1
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	N 3	N 3	NNW 3	NNW 3	NW 4	WNW 4	WSW 4	WSW 4	WSW 4	WSW 4	W 4	WNW 4	WNW 4	WNW 4	NW 3	NW 3	NW 3	NW 4	WNW 4	WNW 3
kJ	—	—	—	—	2	4	3	5	12	10	13	10	20	34	16	14	11	7	2	2	6	12	11	8
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	0	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	40	42	0	0	21	18	63	9	9	116	59	112	116	149	116
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1		1	1
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Rating (10 max)	3	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	2	4	1	1	1	1	6	1	1	4	1	1	6	5	5
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Rating (10 max)	7	5	5	5	4	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	6	5	5

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