Lennox Head 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.81° S 153.60° E

Issued: 4 am 16 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Lennox Head sea temperature is

21.1°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 (16 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 10s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 10s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 10s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Lennox Head at 12PM is: 1.5m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 04:00am October 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Oct)	5ft (1.6m)	10s
Afternoon (16 Oct)	5ft (1.5m)	10s
Evening (16 Oct)	3.5ft (1.0m)	10s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 21mm), heaviest during Fri night. Very mild (max 19°C on Sat afternoon, min 17°C on Fri morning). Wind will be generally light.
	Friday 16								Saturday 17								Sunday 18
	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	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 11	S 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SE 10	S 10	SSE 10	SSE 11	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	ENE 7
Wave Graph
kJ	389	308	510	419	402	441	183	473	521	377	407	373	365	358	351	299	237	305	272	253	253	207	203	168
Wind (km/h)	ESE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	ESE	E
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide	11:56PM0.91m				12:39PM1.39m				00:44AM0.82m				1:27PM1.31m				1:51AM0.76m					2:24PM1.25m
Low Tide			5:41AM0.39m				7:38PM0.51m				6:21AM0.46m					8:44PM0.52m			7:14AM0.52m					9:56PM0.48m


	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:05	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	6:53	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:54	—	—
mm	—	—	1	1	1	1	—	—	1	2	1	1	1	1	—	—	2	2	2	2	2	—	—	—
Temp °C	18	18	17	18	18	18	18	18	17	18	18	18	18	19	19	18	17	17	18	18	19	19	19	18
Feels °C	14	15	15	15	16	15	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	15	16	15	14	14	15	16	17	16	17	17
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 11	S 10	E 8	SSE 10	E 9	E 9	S 10	SSE 10	SSE 11	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	ENE 7
kJ	389	308	37	419	41	41	183	473	521	377	407	373	365	358	351	299	237	305	272	253	253	207	203	166
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	E 8	E 9	E 9	SSE 14	SSE 13	SSE 12	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 8	E 8	ENE 10	ENE 10	SE 12	ENE 10	ENE 10	S 13	ENE 10	SE 13	ESE 12	SSE 9
kJ	36	36	38	39	36	67	103	56	56	55	38	40	37	37	31	31	112	33	33	4	19	7	15	168
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 9	ENE 10	—	—	—	—	E 9	—	—	—	—	S 17	SSE 12	S 16	S 16	S 15	E 10	S 14	S 14	ENE 10	S 13	S 12	N 12	SE 12
kJ	3	20	—	—	—	—	57	—	—	—	—	6	60	5	5	4	28	4	4	19	3	3	3	23
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 6	ESE 6	SSE 10	—	SSE 10	SE 10	ESE 6	ENE 5	ENE 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	ESE 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	ENE 7	E 7	—
kJ	82	93	510	—	402	441	108	49	40	82	94	146	132	117	134	146	148	127	148	176	166	191	187	—
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Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Distance (km)	71	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19
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Rating (10 max)	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	2	2	4	2	4	4	4	2	2	2	3
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	5	6	7	5	5

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