Lakes Entrance surfForecast / VIC – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Thursday 07 May 2026 AEST
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Lakes Entrance surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Lakes Entrance sea temperature is
17.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Lakes Entrance today?

The current surf forecast for Lakes Entrance at 2AM is: 1.7m 7s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.9m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm May 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 May)10ft (3.0m)9s
Afternoon (08 May)8ft (2.4m)8s
Evening (08 May)6ft (1.9m)7s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 16°C on Sat afternoon, min 10°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the W on Thu night, calm by Sun afternoon).

Thu
7
Friday
8
Saturday
9
Sunday
10
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
1 PM
4 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
!
!
!
!
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2
SSW
7
1.3
SSW
7
1.7
WSW
7
2.4
SW
8
3
SW
9
3
SSW
9
2.5
SSW
8
2.3
SSW
8
2
SSW
7
1.7
SW
7
1.4
SW
7
1.1
SW
7
0.9
SSE
8
0.9
SSE
8
0.9
SSE
8
0.8
SSE
8
0.8
SSE
8
0.7
SSE
8
0.7
SSE
7
0.7
SSE
7
0.9
SW
6
0.7
SSE
8
0.7
SSE
8
0.7
SSE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
428
188
247
728
1192
1120
920
606
440
293
183
111
119
119
103
71
67
67
48
47
62
51
56
52
Wind (km/h)
30
W
30
W
35
W
35
W
35
WSW
35
W
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
W
20
WSW
15
W
20
W
15
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
SSW
5
SSE
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-on
on
High Tide
11:49PM0.94m
2:08PM0.59m
00:46AM0.90m
3:13PM0.61m
1:52AM0.88m
Low Tide
7:37AM0.33m
4:00PM0.57m
8:34AM0.34m
4:46PM0.61m
9:29AM0.33m
rain showers
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
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6:54
6:54
6:56
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5:14
5:13
5:12
1
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
10
10
12
12
14
14
15
15
14
13
13
13
12
13
15
16
14
12
11
11
11
13
14
14
3
3
5
5
7
7
9
9
9
8
9
10
9
9
12
13
12
10
9
9
9
12
13
13
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
ESE
10
1.3
SSW
7
0.9
SSE
8
0.2
E
10
0.2
E
10
0.2
E
11
0.2
E
11
0.2
E
11
0.9
SSE
10
1.1
SSE
9
1.1
SSE
8
0.9
SSE
8
0.9
SSE
8
0.9
SSE
8
0.9
SSE
8
0.8
SSE
8
0.8
SSW
6
0.7
SSE
8
0.8
SSW
6
0.7
SW
6
0.6
SW
6
0.7
SSE
8
0.7
SSE
8
0.7
SSE
8
Energy kJ
20
188
101
8
8
9
9
9
151
184
160
110
119
119
103
71
44
51
47
38
27
51
56
52
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
E
10
0.9
SSE
8
0.2
E
10
0.1
N
6
0.2
E
11
0.2
S
15
0.2
S
15
0.2
S
15
0.2
E
11
0.2
S
14
0.2
E
11
0.2
E
11
0.2
E
10
0.8
SSE
8
0.2
E
11
0.7
SSE
7
0.7
SSE
7
0.7
SSE
7
0.5
SW
6
0.4
SW
6
0.4
SW
6
Energy kJ
18
122
8
1
9
18
17
17
9
16
9
9
9
67
9
48
47
46
15
8
8
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
ESE
10
0.2
S
16
0.1
E
10
0.2
E
10
0.2
E
10
0.2
S
14
0.2
E
11
0.2
S
14
0.1
S
14
0.1
S
14
0.2
E
11
0.1
S
13
0.2
E
11
0.2
E
11
0.2
E
11
0.2
ESE
11
0.2
ESE
11
0.2
ESE
11
Energy kJ
20
19
2
8
8
16
9
16
4
4
9
3
9
9
10
12
13
13
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2
SSW
7
0.9
WNW
4
1.7
WSW
7
2.4
SW
8
3
SW
9
3
SSW
9
2.5
SSW
8
2.3
SSW
8
2
SSW
7
1.7
SW
7
1.4
SW
7
1.1
SW
7
1
SW
6
0.8
SW
6
0.8
SW
6
0.7
SW
6
0.9
SSW
6
0.2
WNW
3
0.9
SW
6
Energy kJ
428
31
247
728
1192
1120
920
606
440
293
183
111
74
49
39
34
67
1
62
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
2
4
3
3
3
3
4
1
1
1
3
1
4
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
1
Distance (km)
275
218
218
218
245
266
361
275
275
194
185
185
116
194
0
194
0
0
0
0
0
0
194
194
Best forecast wave conditions in East Coast of Victoria
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
Best forecast wave conditions in Australia
Rating
(10 max)
8
4
4
4
4
4
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
4
4
4
3
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
8
5
5
6
7
7
6
8
7
6
5
7
7
5
5
5
6
5
5
5
4
5
4
4
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