Lennox Head 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.81° S 153.60° E

Issued: 10 am 13 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Lennox Head sea temperature is

20.7°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 (13 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (13 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 6s period with N swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 6s period with NNE swell.

The current surf forecast for Lennox Head at 1PM is: 1.2m 6s primary swell from a North direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00am October 13). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (13 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	8s
Afternoon (13 Oct)	4ft (1.2m)	6s
Evening (13 Oct)	3.5ft (1.1m)	6s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 19mm), heaviest on Tue night. Warm (max 23°C on Tue morning, min 17°C on Wed night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Tuesday 13						Wednesday 14								Thursday 15
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	0	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	E 8	N 6	N 6	NNE 6	N 6	N 6	ENE 9	E 8	SSE 6	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SE 8	SE 7	S 14	S 13	S 12	S 11	S 11
Wave Graph
kJ	19	11	104	82	77	91	72	26	36	394	1000	1039	941	887	785	682	318	217	209	184	303	335
Wind (km/h)	NW	N	NNW	NNE	NW	NNE	NW	SSW	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross-on	cross-on	on	cross	glassy	cross	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide		10:41AM1.55m				10:43PM1.10m					11:17AM1.51m				11:17PM1.00m				11:56AM1.45m
Low Tide					5:09PM0.35m			4:37AM0.25m					5:53PM0.42m				5:07AM0.32m				6:42PM0.48m


	6:11	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:09	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	6:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:52	—	—
mm	—	1	—	—	2	4	1	—	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	22	23	23	23	23	20	21	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18
Feels °C	24	24	25	25	23	23	23	16	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	13
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	E 9	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 9	NE 9	ENE 8	NE 9	NE 9	SSE 16	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 12	S 11	S 11
kJ	123	100	85	66	25	74	49	40	30	25	31	21	24	13	12	86	165	133	82	184	303	335
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 9	NE 9	E 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	E 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	NE 9	S 18	S 18	—	S 15	S 14	S 13	S 8	E 9	E 9
kJ	19	11	20	25	14	25	26	26	36	23	22	24	21	25	24	—	159	187	209	74	39	39
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 10	E 10	E 10	NNE 10	S 6	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	E 15	E 15	E 15	S 18	—	—	—	ENE 9	ENE 9	E 9	E 9	E 13	E 13
kJ	4	8	8	9	1	14	13	13	13	4	4	4	6	—	—	—	30	45	40	40	3	4
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 6	N 6	N 6	N 6	NNE 6	N 6	N 6	SSW 5	S 5	SSE 6	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SE 8	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7
kJ	190	126	104	82	77	91	72	10	104	394	1000	1039	941	887	785	682	318	217	188	143	183	183
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1
Distance (km)	4	3	3	8	4	0	3	11	228	73	73	255	210	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1		2	2			3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	2
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Rating (10 max)	4	5	4	2	2	1	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	3
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Rating (10 max)	6	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	6	6	7	8	4	4	9	4	7	4	6	4	5	5

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