Lennox Head surf break

Lennox Head surfForecast / NSW – North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Friday 16 Jan 2026 AEDT
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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
25.0° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Lennox Head today?

The current surf forecast for Lennox Head at 5AM is: 1.3m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm January 16). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)4ft (1.2m)6s
Afternoon (17 Jan)3ft (0.9m)6s
Evening (17 Jan)4ft (1.2m)7s

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

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Fri
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
2
1
3
4
3
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
E
0.9
E
1.2
ENE
0.8
E
0.5
S
1
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
1.1
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.5
SE
2.5
E
2.3
E
2.2
E
2
E
1.9
E
Period(s) (?)8886666676117677999998988
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)323535137106666464116545993809199203244258343987751702568501
Wind
(km/h)
25
NNE
25
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
5
WNW
10
SW
15
S
10
ESE
5
NNE
5
SSW
5
S
10
S
10
S
15
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
20
SSW
10
SW
15
S
20
SE
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:50PM
0.94
8:25AM
1.59
8:36PM
0.97
9:01AM
1.64
9:17PM
1.01
9:36AM
1.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:22AM
0.35
3:14PM
0.40
2:07AM
0.32
3:49PM
0.33
2:49AM
0.29
4:22PM
0.27
Fri
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise----6:01-------6:03-------6:03---
Sunset-------7:46-------7:46-------7:46
clear
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
---1211-3233123----22221
Temp. °C252525242424242524242323232324252423222323242424
Feels °C (?)252627262827262828282625252424252523232422242323
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