Lennox Head Surf Break

Lat Long: 28.81° S 153.60° E

Lennox Head 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 pm 08 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Lennox Head sea temperature is
20.7°C
0.8° 

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


How big are the waves at Lennox Head today (09 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 9s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 11s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 11s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Lennox Head at 1AM is: 1.4m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm October 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)9s
Afternoon (09 Oct)5ft (1.5m)11s
Evening (09 Oct)5ft (1.5m)11s

Table - waves today at Lennox Head. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Warm (max 26°C on Sat afternoon, min 17°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NNE on Fri afternoon, light winds from the ENE by Sun morning).

Thu
8
Friday
9
Saturday
10
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
SSE
9
1.4
S
10
1.4
S
10
1.3
S
9
1.3
S
9
1.3
SSE
9
1.4
SSE
10
1.5
SSE
11
1.6
SSE
11
1.5
SSE
11
1.4
SSE
11
1.2
SSE
10
1.1
SSE
10
1
S
10
0.9
SSE
10
0.8
SSE
9
0.7
S
9
1.1
NNE
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
276
354
354
300
293
308
435
503
561
494
415
318
255
200
157
115
79
83
Wind (km/h)
10
NE
10
NNE
10
N
10
NW
10
WNW
10
NNE
25
NNE
35
NNE
35
N
30
N
30
N
20
N
20
NNW
15
N
20
N
15
NNW
20
N
20
NNW
Wind State
on
on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross
High Tide
7:44PM1.47m
8:13AM1.38m
8:24PM1.43m
8:51AM1.47m
9:02PM1.36m
Low Tide
2:04AM0.12m
2:17PM0.18m
2:37AM0.11m
3:02PM0.18m
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
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Temp °C
18
18
17
17
17
21
23
22
20
19
19
17
19
25
26
20
19
20
Feels °C
16
17
16
16
16
20
20
17
15
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15
15
17
24
24
19
17
19
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