Lennox Head 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.81° S 153.60° E

Issued: 10 am 06 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 2PM is: 1.5m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00am November 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

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 25°C on Sat afternoon, min 14°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (light winds from the S on Fri morning, fresh winds from the S by Sun afternoon).
	Friday 6						Saturday 7								Sunday 8								Mon 9
	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	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	4
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 8	SSE 8	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	SSE 9	S 9	S 9	S 8	S 8	NNE 5	NNE 5	N 5	N 5	E 9	S 7	S 7	S 8	S 9	S 9	S 10	S 9	S 9
Wave Graph
kJ	280	238	355	348	334	295	289	189	150	113	113	111	126	66	83	58	448	462	963	1753	2438	2338	1487	1088
Wind (km/h)	S	S	ESE	ENE	NE	NNE	NNW	NW	NNW	N	NNE	NE	N	NNW	W	S	S	S	SSE	S	S	S	S	SW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross	on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-on	on	on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off
High Tide	7:08AM1.29m				7:11PM1.23m				7:49AM1.41m				7:52PM1.18m					8:28AM1.50m				8:30PM1.13m
Low Tide			1:13PM0.27m				1:21AM0.12m					2:03PM0.26m			1:54AM0.12m					2:49PM0.27m				2:26AM0.14m


	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:47
	—	—	—	7:08	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:08	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:09	—	—	—	7:10
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	19	20	20	21	20	19	18	17	19	24	25	24	22	21	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	16	14
Feels °C	18	19	19	18	17	17	17	16	19	23	23	22	20	20	19	16	15	15	13	11	10	11	11	10
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 8	SSE 8	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	SSE 9	S 9	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	E 9	NNE 5	NNE 5	E 9	E 9	E 11	E 11	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10
kJ	280	238	355	348	334	295	289	189	150	113	113	88	66	58	43	24	60	60	81	79	72	49	49	48
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	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	S 8	E 9	E 9	NNE 5	NNE 5	NNE 6	NE 12	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11
kJ	51	50	50	50	51	52	53	57	65	65	60	58	58	45	58	58	15	17	6	22	33	33	33	32
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	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 12	E 12	S 8	E 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	N 6	N 13	—	—	NNE 13
kJ	7	13	13	12	4	4	17	11	10	6	6	6	6	12	29	25	23	23	22	3	3	—	—	17
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	NE 4	NE 4	NNE 6	—	N 3	NNE 5	NNE 4	NNE 5	NNE 5	N 5	N 5	S 5	S 7	S 7	S 8	S 9	S 9	S 10	S 9	S 9
kJ	—	—	—	—	12	16	6	—	7	14	26	111	126	66	83	70	448	462	963	1753	2438	2338	1487	1088
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	2	2	4
Distance (km)	0	0	19	19	71	8	3	3	3	3	426	197	151	8	0	19	18	18	607	274	370	71	18	0
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1			1	1	1	1	1	1					4	4
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