Lennox Head 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.81° S 153.60° E

Issued: 3 pm 28 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Lennox Head sea temperature is

20.4° C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Lennox Head today (28 Jul):

Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 8s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Lennox Head at 7PM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm July 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (28 Jul)	-	-
Afternoon (28 Jul)	2.5ft (0.8m)	8s
Evening (28 Jul)	2ft (0.6m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 21°C on Wed morning, min 13°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.
	Tue 28				Wednesday 29								Thursday 30
	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)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 8	SSE 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 7	SSE 7	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	E 6	S 6	S 7	S 7	S 12
Wave Graph
kJ	92	70	46	46	42	28	28	18	17	18	18	18	18	12	12	7	167	208	157	181
Wind (km/h)	SSE	ENE	NNE	N	NW	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	E	NNE	W	SW	SW	SW	SSW	S	SSE	SSE	S
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	on	cross-off	off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide				7:49PM1.62m				8:06AM1.03m				8:23PM1.64m				8:43AM1.07m				8:57PM1.63m
Low Tide	12:58PM0.35m					2:35AM0.34m				1:40PM0.31m				3:06AM0.28m				2:19PM0.28m


	—	—	—	—	—	6:31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:30	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	5:12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:13	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	18	17	17	17	16	14	14	17	21	21	18	16	15	13	13	15	17	16	16	16
Feels °C	17	16	15	15	14	12	12	14	18	18	16	14	13	9	9	12	13	12	12	13
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 8	SSE 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	E 5	S 7	ENE 5	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	NE 6	NE 7	E 6	S 13	S 12
kJ	92	70	46	46	42	15	28	17	17	18	18	18	18	12	12	8	17	12	121	181
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 4	ENE 4	SSE 8	SE 8	ENE 5	S 8	E 5	SSE 7	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 6	S 6	NE 7	E 6	E 6	NE 7	E 6	E 7
kJ	6	6	26	16	17	28	15	18	17	8	8	8	7	7	8	7	12	19	12	21
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 12	S 10	ESE 11	E 4	ESE 11	SE 7	ESE 11	E 11	SE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	SE 7	SE 7	NNE 7	SE 6	NE 7	E 13	S 14	NE 7	NE 7
kJ	13	18	12	6	12	13	12	10	7	4	5	2	2	5	2	8	3	16	19	19
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	ENE 4	NNE 3	NW 2	—	W 2	WSW 2	WSW 3	—	ENE 2	—	—	—	S 4	S 5	S 6	S 7	S 7	S 7
kJ	—	—	6	3	1	—	1	1	2	—	1	—	—	—	12	92	167	208	157	126
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2
Distance (km)	0	19	8	13	3	3	4	4	4	275	228	228	234	197	144	144	40	30	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1						1	1	1	1	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	5	3	3	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	7	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

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