Lennox Head 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.81° S 153.60° E

Issued: 10 pm 05 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Lennox Head sea temperature is

21.6°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 (06 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Nov, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 8s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Nov, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 9s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 9s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Lennox Head at 1AM is: 1.6m 6s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm November 05). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (06 Nov)	5ft (1.6m)	8s
Afternoon (06 Nov)	5ft (1.5m)	9s
Evening (06 Nov)	4.5ft (1.4m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 26°C on Sat afternoon, min 17°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (light winds from the S on Fri morning, fresh winds from the SSE by Sun afternoon).
	Thu 5		Friday 6								Saturday 7								Sun 8
	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	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	1	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	E 8	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 8	SSE 8	S 9	S 9	S 9	SSE 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 8	S 8	NNE 5	NNE 5	N 5	N 6	E 9
Wave Graph
kJ	52	50	214	254	280	238	355	332	339	355	235	189	150	113	113	88	85	74	88	58
Wind (km/h)	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	SSW	S	ESE	ENE	NE	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	NNE	NNE	N	NNW	W	S
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-on	on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide	6:25PM1.27m				7:08AM1.29m				7:11PM1.23m				7:49AM1.41m				7:52PM1.18m
Low Tide			00:45AM0.13m				1:13PM0.27m				1:21AM0.12m					2:03PM0.26m			1:54AM0.12m


	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48
	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:08	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:08	—	—	—	7:09
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	21	21	20	20	19	20	20	20	20	19	18	17	19	24	26	25	23	21	20	19
Feels °C	18	18	17	18	18	19	19	18	17	17	17	16	19	23	24	23	22	19	19	15
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	S 9	S 9	S 9	SSE 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	N 5	NNE 5
kJ	52	50	50	51	280	238	355	332	339	355	235	189	150	113	113	88	66	45	55	28
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 10	E 10	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9
kJ	26	19	11	11	51	50	50	50	51	52	53	57	65	65	60	58	58	58	58	58
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 15	E 15	E 14	E 14	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	E 14	E 13	ENE 13	NNE 5	NNE 5	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 10	E 12	S 8	E 12
kJ	4	4	4	4	7	13	13	12	4	4	17	11	9	6	6	6	4	12	42	12
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 5	SSE 6	SSE 7	SSE 7	—	—	—	—	NE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	—	N 3	NNE 4	NNE 4	NNE 5	NNE 5	N 5	N 6	S 5
kJ	72	146	214	254	—	—	—	—	22	6	12	—	7	5	17	88	85	74	88	111
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	3	3	68	19	19	0	0	0	19	19	151	3	3	3	3	3	426	254	75	30
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	2	3	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1			2	1
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	6	8	5	5	5	5	8	8	7	6	6	7	5	9	9	8	7	6

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