Lakes Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 33.25° S 151.56° E

Issued: 9 am 04 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's Lakes Beach sea temperature is
19.5° C

Slightly warmer than usual

Lakes Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Lakes Beach today (04 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 11s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Jul, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 10s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 9s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Lakes Beach at 5PM is: 1.1m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00am July 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Jul)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Afternoon (04 Jul)4ft (1.2m)10s
Evening (04 Jul)3.5ft (1.1m)9s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 14mm), heaviest on Sat night. Very mild (max 16°C on Mon morning, min 12°C on Sat morning). Winds increasing (calm on Sat afternoon, fresh winds from the SSE by Sun afternoon).

Saturday
4
Sunday
5
Monday
6
Tue
7
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
3
1
1
2
2
2
4
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Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.5
SSW
7
1.4
S
11
1.3
S
11
1.1
S
10
1.1
S
9
1.1
S
9
1
S
9
1.6
S
12
2.2
S
11
3
S
11
3
S
11
3
S
10
3.5
S
13
3
S
12
3
SSE
11
3
SSE
11
2.5
SSE
10
2.5
SSE
10
2.5
SSE
10
2.5
SSE
10
2.5
SSE
10
2.5
SSE
10
2.5
SSE
10
2.5
SSE
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
228
501
426
220
202
198
152
675
1244
2319
2351
1917
3405
2738
2119
1807
1479
1422
1324
1263
1299
1325
1325
1492
Wind (km/h)
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
ESE
10
SE
0
S
10
SW
10
SW
15
SSW
25
S
30
S
25
SSW
30
S
35
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
S
25
S
25
SSW
20
SSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
11:11AM1.10m
10:54PM1.46m
11:55AM1.14m
11:35PM1.39m
12:42PM1.19m
00:21AM1.30m
Low Tide
5:06AM0.19m
4:36PM0.46m
5:41AM0.19m
5:25PM0.50m
6:18AM0.20m
6:22PM0.52m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:56
6:56
6:56
6:56
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
4:58
4:58
4:59
4:59
 mm
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
11
12
15
14
15
15
14
13
14
15
14
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
16
15
16
15
14
14
Feels °C
8
9
13
11
14
13
11
10
9
9
8
8
7
9
9
9
9
10
10
9
11
10
9
9
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
S
7
1.4
S
11
1.3
S
11
1.1
S
10
1.1
S
9
1.1
S
9
1
S
9
1.1
S
9
0.3
ENE
8
0.3
E
8
0.3
E
8
1
S
16
0.2
E
13
0.2
E
13
0.2
E
13
0.2
E
13
0.2
E
14
0.2
E
14
0.2
E
14
0.2
E
13
0.2
E
13
0.2
E
13
0.2
E
13
0.1
E
12
Energy kJ
124
501
426
220
202
198
152
184
11
11
11
503
13
13
13
14
15
16
16
14
14
13
14
3
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
S
12
0.4
NE
7
0.4
NE
7
0.5
S
12
0.4
S
12
0.4
S
12
0.7
S
12
0.8
S
12
0.2
ENE
7
0.3
E
8
0.2
E
13
0.2
E
14
0.2
E
14
0.2
E
13
0.2
E
14
0.6
S
13
Energy kJ
68
14
13
74
47
49
132
169
4
11
14
15
15
14
14
128
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
NE
7
0.2
E
13
0.2
E
13
0.3
ENE
7
0.2
ENE
7
0.3
E
12
0.4
ENE
7
0.4
ENE
7
0.1
NE
7
0.2
E
13
Energy kJ
14
14
13
10
5
25
18
18
2
14
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.5
SSW
7
1.6
S
12
2.2
S
11
3
S
11
3
S
11
3
S
10
3.5
S
13
3
S
12
3
SSE
11
3
SSE
11
2.5
SSE
10
2.5
SSE
10
2.5
SSE
10
2.5
SSE
10
2.5
SSE
10
2.5
SSE
10
2.5
SSE
10
2.5
SSE
10
Energy kJ
228
675
1244
2319
2351
1917
3405
2738
2119
1807
1479
1422
1324
1263
1299
1325
1325
1492
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
4
4
4
4
4
4
2
5
3
3
3
2
4
4
4
4
4
Distance (km)
0
0
3
1
0
0
0
0
1
137
54
283
372
379
283
250
250
241
217
179
54
1
1
1
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Rating
(10 max)
2
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2
2
2
2
4
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Rating
(10 max)
4
5
4
5
5
5
5
4
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Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
7
8
5
5
5
5
5
4
5
5
9
9
9
8
7
5
7
6
5
6
5
5
9
8
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