Lakes Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what's on the cards for Lakes Beach over the next couple of weeks.

The forecast starts with a couple of days of messy, onshore junk, but we push through to a pretty tidy run of S/SE groundswell from Thursday the 24th onwards. The standout window is the weekend of the 26th and 27th of July, with a solid, consistent S swell and clean conditions.

We kick off on Monday the 20th. The morning has a nice 6ft ENE swell with glassy conditions, but it's a bit of a tease – the wind swings onshore by the afternoon and Tuesday is a write-off with cross-onshore slop. Wednesday the 22nd offers a brief reprieve with a clean 4ft swell and a light cross-offshore breeze, but it's small.

The real action starts on Thursday the 24th of July. The morning brings a clean 7ft S swell under offshore WSW wind. The energy is moderate. Friday the 25th morning is a beauty: 5ft S swell, but it's a long-period 12-second groundswell with a solid 12 mph offshore wind. That's clean, lined-up waves. Saturday the 26th and Sunday the 27th are the pick of the bunch. Saturday morning has a 6ft S swell with 11-second period and light offshore wind, giving you clean, punchy waves. The energy is strong. Sunday morning is similar – another 6ft S swell, offshore wind, clean. The break is described as "fairly consistent" and exposed to the swell, but it's an advanced wave, so crowds are possible here.

The following week gets a bit tricky. From Monday the 28th through to Wednesday the 30th, the swell drops and the wind gets messy. Monday the 28th is small and clean, but nothing to write home about.

Then we get a massive pulse of S swell arriving on Thursday the 30th of July. The morning swell hits 8ft with a 14-second period, and the energy is pumping hard. The wind is offshore, but the swell is too big for this break, pushing 10ft in the afternoon. That's for experts only, and even then, it's a gamble. The swell stays above 7ft through to Saturday the 1st of August, with strong energy but plenty of cross-offshore wind. The window from the 30th to the 1st is really only for the very experienced.

The run fades out early in the week of the 4th of August, with the swell dropping back to 5-5ft and the wind staying cross-offshore. It's rideable, but ordinary.

So, to wrap it up: the best bet is the weekend of the 26th and 27th of July. Hit the Saturday morning for the cleanest, most powerful S swell. The following Friday (31st) morning is a sleeper, but it's big. The rest of the second week is a bit of a struggle, with the massive swell being a bit too much of a good thing.

Rusty.

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