Lakes Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 33.25° S 151.56° E

Lakes Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 20 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Lakes Beach sea temperature is
18.5°C
0.1° 

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 (21 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 18s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 17s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Lakes Beach at 12AM is: 0.6m 17s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm September 20). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Sep)--
Afternoon (21 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)18s
Evening (21 Sep)2ft (0.6m)17s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 29°C on Mon morning, min 14°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSE on Mon morning, light winds from the E by Tue afternoon).

Sun
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
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
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
!
!
1
1
2
2
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
S
10
0.5
S
18
0.6
S
18
0.6
S
17
0.5
S
17
0.5
S
17
0.4
S
16
0.7
S
11
1.2
S
11
0.1
E
11
1.9
SSE
7
2.3
S
8
2.5
S
10
2.4
S
10
2
S
9
1.6
SSE
9
1.6
SE
8
1.4
S
10
1.3
S
10
1.2
S
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
130
167
225
220
153
143
82
110
350
2
342
754
1520
1147
679
394
314
424
325
266
Wind (km/h)
15
ENE
25
NE
15
W
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
35
SSE
30
SSE
30
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
5
E
10
ENE
15
NE
Wind State
on
cross-on
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
High Tide
3:16PM1.25m
4:27AM0.92m
4:18PM1.29m
5:17AM1.00m
5:08PM1.36m
Low Tide
10:27PM0.45m
9:41AM0.59m
11:15PM0.38m
10:43AM0.53m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:46
5:43
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:47
5:47
5:49
 mm
1
2
Temp °C
27
26
28
26
23
21
22
29
16
16
15
14
14
14
15
15
15
16
15
16
Feels °C
22
20
23
21
18
16
17
24
10
11
9
9
9
9
11
12
14
16
15
14
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