Lennox Head surf break

Lennox Head surfForecast / NSW – North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 AEST
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Lennox Head surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Lennox Head sea temperature is
21.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Lennox Head today?

The current surf forecast for Lennox Head at 10AM is: 1.1m 5s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00am September 17). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)5s
Afternoon (17 Sep)5ft (1.5m)6s
Evening (17 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)11s

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

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Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sat
20
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
NNW
1.1
NNW
1.2
NNE
1.6
NNE
0.2
E
0.2
E
1
NNW
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.1
E
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
1
NE
1.2
NNE
1.4
NNE
1.3
NNE
Period(s) (?)5566111151111111110451211106664456
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8266931739953999922227686371454646305894109
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
N
20
NNW
10
NW
20
SSW
25
S
20
S
20
SSE
25
SE
15
SE
5
SE
5
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
ENE
15
ENE
20
NE
25
NNE
30
N
30
N
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrossglassglassoffoffglassononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:59AM
0.94
5:17PM
1.53
5:56AM
1.04
6:09PM
1.55
6:41AM
1.14
6:52PM
1.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:19AM
0.43
12:09AM
0.32
11:29AM
0.37
12:49AM
0.26
12:24PM
0.30
1:23AM
0.21
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sat
20
Sunrise5:41-------5:41-------5:39-------
Sunset---5:37-------5:38-------5:38----
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C172325242423221919202019191817161619202119191818
Feels °C (?)162223222222211717181716181918161620181916161417
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - North Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Lennox Head (light winds from the NE at Ballina Airport Automatic Weather Station 6 km from Lennox Head). 0.2m 11s groundswell from the E with a 0.1m 9s swell from the SSE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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6 km/h
NE
Clean
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