Lord Howe Island Surf

Detailed Lord Howe Island surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Lord Howe Island. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Lord Howe Island. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Lord Howe Island over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Lord Howe Island and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers. Read More

Lord Howe Island Surf Forecast

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Lord Howe Island Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Lord Howe Island Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Lord Howe Island coastline are also listed below. Read More

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	Mon		Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Mon
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Lord Howe Island	Cheese Graters Lord Howe Island	Cheese Graters Lord Howe Island	Cheese Graters Lord Howe Island	Cheese Graters Lord Howe Island	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Cheese Graters Lord Howe Island	Cheese Graters Lord Howe Island	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Cheese Graters Lord Howe Island	Cheese Graters Lord Howe Island	Cheese Graters Lord Howe Island	Cheese Graters Lord Howe Island	Cheese Graters Lord Howe Island	Cheese Graters Lord Howe Island	Cheese Graters Lord Howe Island	Cheese Graters Lord Howe Island	Cheese Graters Lord Howe Island	Cheese Graters Lord Howe Island	Cheese Graters Lord Howe Island	Cheese Graters Lord Howe Island	Cheese Graters Lord Howe Island	Cheese Graters Lord Howe Island
Rating	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (ft) & direction (?)	3.5 E	3.5 E	3.0 E	2.5 ENE	2.5 WSW	2.5 E	2.4 E	2.4 SW	1.6 E	1.4 E	1.2 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	11	10	11	11	12	11	11	10	11	11	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	2322	2607	2217	1559	1367	1493	1434	1638	618	457	308	181	147	75	88	58	71	19	19	19	20	20
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (ft)		9:44PM 6.07	10:07AM 5.45		10:19PM 5.74	10:45AM 5.35		10:54PM 5.35	11:25AM 5.18		11:28PM 4.92	12:07PM 5.02			12:54PM 4.86	4:00PM 1.74			3:33PM 1.61			2:56PM 4.79
Low Tide / height (ft)		4:00AM 0.85		4:06PM 1.12		4:33AM 1.02	4:46PM 1.44		5:07AM 1.28	5:28PM 1.84		5:41AM 1.54	6:14PM 2.2	10:05PM 0.3	6:18AM 1.84		10:08PM 0.33	7:02AM 2.1		10:09PM 0.33	7:59AM 2.3
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (in)	-	-	-	-	0.2	-	-	0.2	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °F	63	63	63	63	55	64	64	55	64	64	64	64	64	64	61	57	61	63	63	63	61	61
Low °F	63	63	63	63	54	64	64	54	64	63	63	64	64	63	57	57	57	61	63	63	61	61
Chill °F (?)	59	59	61	61	50	63	63	50	63	63	63	63	63	63	55	50	57	61	61	61	61	61
Sunrise	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-
Sunset	5:01	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:06
Swell1 (ft) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	3.0 E	2.5 ENE	-	2.5 E	2.4 E	-	1.6 E	1.4 E	1.2 E	3.0 SW	0.8 E	2.5 SW	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	4.0 SW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	10	9	10	11	-	11	11	-	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	12	12
Swell2 (ft) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	1.2 SE	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.1 SW	-	-	0.9 E	0.1 NE	0.6 E	0.1 NE	-	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	16	14	8	8	-	16	16	-	14	-	-	11	9	10	9	-	11	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (ft) & direction	3.5 E	3.5 E	1.6 SE	-	2.5 WSW	-	1.2 N	2.4 SW	2.4 W	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.8 NW	3.0 SW	1.7 WNW	5.0 WSW	6.0 WSW	5.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	10	8	-	10	-	5	12	8	9	9	6	12	6	10	12	14	-	-	-	-	-

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	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	3:30AM	7AM	9:30AM	12:30PM	4PM	6:30PM	9:30PM	1AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Lord Howe Island	Cheese Graters Lord Howe Island	Cheese Graters Lord Howe Island	Cheese Graters Lord Howe Island	Cheese Graters Lord Howe Island	Cheese Graters Lord Howe Island	Cheese Graters Lord Howe Island	Cheese Graters Lord Howe Island	Cheese Graters Lord Howe Island	Cheese Graters Lord Howe Island	Cheese Graters Lord Howe Island	Cheese Graters Lord Howe Island	Cheese Graters Lord Howe Island	Cheese Graters Lord Howe Island	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Cheese Graters Lord Howe Island	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Cheese Graters Lord Howe Island	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Cheese Graters Lord Howe Island	Cheese Graters Lord Howe Island
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0
Wave Height (ft) & direction (?)	3.5 E	3.5 E	4.0 E	3.5 E	3.5 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 E	3.0 E	2.5 E	2.5 SW	2.5 E	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 E	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 E	1.9 E
Period(s) (?)	9	9	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	11	12	12	11	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	2224	2322	3006	3018	2607	2285	2528	2217	1648	1559	1747	1864	1736	1935	1583	1745	1530	1434	1892	1795	1184	952
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (ft)				9:44PM 6.07					10:07AM 5.45				10:19PM 5.74						3:45PM 2.49		10:54PM 5.35
Low Tide / height (ft)		3:25PM 0.89				4:00AM 0.85					4:06PM 1.12				4:33AM 1.02		9:46AM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	light rain
Rain (in)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1	-	0.0	-	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.1
Temp. °F	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	54	63	54	54	64	55	54	66	66
Chill °F (?)	59	59	59	59	59	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	48	61	46	48	63	50	48	64	64
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:04	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (ft) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 E	3.0 E	2.5 E	-	2.5 E	-	-	2.4 E	-	-	2.1 E	1.9 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	-	11	-	-	11	-	-	12	12
Swell2 (ft) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 SSE	1.2 SE	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	-	0.4 SSW	-	-	0.4 SW	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	15	15	14	9	8	8	8	8	18	18	17	-	16	-	-	16	-	-	14	14
Wind waves (ft) & direction	3.5 E	3.5 E	4.0 E	3.5 E	3.5 E	1.5 SSE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.1 SE	-	-	-	-	2.5 SW	-	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	1.2 N	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.2 NW	2.5 WNW
Period (s)	9	9	10	11	10	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	12	-	12	12	5	13	12	6	7

	Monday 25														Tuesday 26
	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	11:30PM	1AM	1:30AM	2:30AM	4AM	4:30AM	5:30AM	7AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Lord Howe Island	Cheese Graters Lord Howe Island	Cheese Graters Lord Howe Island	Cheese Graters Lord Howe Island	Cheese Graters Lord Howe Island	Cheese Graters Lord Howe Island	Cheese Graters Lord Howe Island	Cheese Graters Lord Howe Island	Cheese Graters Lord Howe Island	Cheese Graters Lord Howe Island	Cheese Graters Lord Howe Island	Cheese Graters Lord Howe Island	Cheese Graters Lord Howe Island	Cheese Graters Lord Howe Island	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Cheese Graters Lord Howe Island	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Cheese Graters Lord Howe Island	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Cheese Graters Lord Howe Island	Cheese Graters Lord Howe Island
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0
Wave Height (ft) & direction (?)	4.0 E	4.0 E	3.5 E	3.5 E	3.5 E	3.5 E	3.5 E	4.0 E	4.0 E	4.0 E	4.0 E	3.5 E	3.5 E	0.9 SSW	3.5 E	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	3.0 E	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	3.0 E	3.0 E
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	16	10	16	15	10	15	14	10	10
Energy(?)	2539	2403	2224	2272	2322	2322	2526	2833	3006	3065	3124	3018	2959	456	2607	445	414	2285	409	331	2528	2394
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (ft)												9:44PM 6.07
Low Tide / height (ft)						3:25PM 0.89												4:00AM 0.85
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (in)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0	-	-	-	-	-
High °F	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	59	63	61	57	63	57	57	63	63
Chill °F (?)	59	59	59	59	59	59	59	59	59	59	59	59	59	55	59	57	54	61	54	54	61	61
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (ft) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	3.0 E	0.9 SSW	0.9 W	3.0 E	3.0 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	16	9	16	15	10	15	5	10	10
Swell2 (ft) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 W	0.4 SW	0.5 W	-	0.6 SW	-	0.8 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	7	14	7	-	9	-	14	8	8
Wind waves (ft) & direction	4.0 E	4.0 E	3.5 E	3.5 E	3.5 E	3.5 E	3.5 E	4.0 E	4.0 E	4.0 E	4.0 E	3.5 E	3.5 E	0.6 NNW	3.5 E	0.6 NNW	0.9 WNW	1.5 SSE	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.6 SE	1.6 SE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	4	10	4	4	8	4	4	8	8

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