Lennox Head 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.81° S 153.60° E

Issued: 3 am 22 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's Lennox Head sea temperature is

20.4° 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 (22 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (22 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 10s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (22 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 9s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (22 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 9s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Lennox Head at 9AM is: 1.5m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00am July 22). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (22 Jul)	5ft (1.5m)	10s
Afternoon (22 Jul)	5ft (1.5m)	9s
Evening (22 Jul)	4.5ft (1.4m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Some drizzle, heaviest during Thu night. Very mild (max 19°C on Wed morning, min 11°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu night, fresh winds from the S by Fri morning).
	Wednesday 22								Thursday 23								Friday 24
	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	2	3
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 9	E 9	E 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 8	E 8	E 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	S 7	S 8	S 8	S 8
Wave Graph
kJ	544	484	417	417	367	367	364	326	276	263	225	181	173	140	137	112	109	109	85	85	427	451	565	643
Wind (km/h)	SE	SW	WSW	WSW	NE	NNE	N	N	NW	W	WSW	SW	S	SE	ENE	WSW	WSW	SW	S	S	S	S	S	S
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	glassy	off	off	on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross	glassy	glassy	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide		1:25AM1.03m				2:55PM1.17m				2:15AM0.93m					4:04PM1.23m			3:22AM0.87m					5:04PM1.32m
Low Tide				7:55AM0.33m				9:04PM0.63m				8:39AM0.37m					10:39PM0.65m			9:30AM0.40m


	—	6:35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:33	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	5:08	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:08	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:09	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	18	17	17	17	19	18	18	18	17	15	14	16	18	18	18	17	15	14	14	15	14	15	15	15
Feels °C	18	17	16	16	19	16	15	16	15	14	12	14	16	17	18	17	13	11	9	9	7	10	11	11
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 9	E 9	E 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 8	E 8	E 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	E 10	E 10
kJ	544	484	417	417	367	367	364	326	276	263	225	181	173	140	137	112	109	109	85	85	67	47	68	49
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	SSE 4	S 10	S 10	SE 8	S 16	E 11	E 10	ENE 8	ENE 9
kJ	56	56	36	35	31	31	31	31	17	17	18	20	21	9	9	7	8	8	2	5	10	35	27	30
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	S 14	S 14	S 13	—	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	SE 9	SE 9	SE 8	S 10	SE 8	SE 8	E 12	S 16	S 17	NE 9	NE 9	S 22
kJ	26	26	15	15	4	4	4	—	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	8	3	2	3	5	6	3	3	9
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	NNE 4	N 4	NW 3	WNW 2	—	WSW 2	SSW 3	S 4	SSE 4	—	S 4	SSW 3	S 4	S 6	S 7	S 8	S 8	S 8
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	11	9	2	1	—	1	1	3	6	—	10	7	38	193	427	451	565	643
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Rating (10 max)	1	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	3
Distance (km)	18	0	0	0	19	8	13	3	3	0	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	19	210	71	18	18	0
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1		1	1	1	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	2	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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