Lighthouse Surf Break

Lat Long: 18.17° S 178.44° E

Lighthouse 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 06 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Lighthouse sea temperature is
24.5° C
0.4° 

Lighthouse surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Lighthouse today (06 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 16s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 16s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Aug, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 15s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Lighthouse at 11AM is: 1.1m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 2.0m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am August 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (+12) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Aug)3.5ft (1.1m)16s
Afternoon (06 Aug)3.5ft (1.0m)16s
Evening (06 Aug)3ft (0.9m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Warm (max 21°C on Thu morning, min 20°C on Thu morning). Mainly fresh winds.

Thursday
6
Friday
7
Saturday
8
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
SSW
16
1.2
SSW
16
1.1
SW
16
1
SSW
16
1
SSW
16
1
SSW
15
0.9
SSW
15
2.3
SE
8
2.5
SE
9
3
SE
9
3
SE
9
3
SSE
9
3
SE
10
2.5
SSE
10
2.4
SSE
10
2.3
SSE
10
2.2
SSE
10
2
SSE
10
1.7
SSE
10
1.3
SSE
9
1.5
SSE
10
1.5
SSE
10
0.9
SSE
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
691
683
587
525
506
461
372
638
1098
1429
1541
1637
1652
1177
1117
1020
935
763
539
280
399
399
228
Wind (km/h)
25
ESE
25
ESE
30
SE
25
SE
30
ESE
30
SE
30
SE
35
ESE
35
ESE
35
SE
35
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
40
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
30
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
35
E
35
E
Wind State
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
12:02PM1.37m
00:28AM1.58m
1:08PM1.35m
1:30AM1.60m
2:19PM1.36m
Low Tide
5:57AM0.46m
6:03PM0.48m
7:01AM0.43m
7:04PM0.51m
8:08AM0.39m
8:10PM0.52m
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:31
6:31
6:30
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:52
5:52
5:52
 mm
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
21
20
20
21
21
21
21
20
20
20
20
20
21
20
20
20
20
21
21
21
21
21
21
Feels °C
18
17
16
17
16
16
16
15
15
14
14
14
15
14
13
14
14
16
15
15
16
16
16
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