Lord Howe Island Surf

Lord Howe Island Surf Forecast

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.

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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.

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	Wed		Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wed
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
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Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	2.3 S	1.6 S	1.3 SSE	0.9 SE	2.4 S	1.1 E	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 NE	1.5 NE
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	15	5	5	6	6	6	6
Energy	174	130	98	98	74	34	35	18	17	17	6	993	520	335	217	2759	70	90	91	110	128	156
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		10:18PM 1.87	10:39AM 1.34		10:58PM 1.82	11:24AM 1.30		11:39PM 1.75	12:13PM 1.28		12:24AM 1.68		1:05PM 1.30	1:12AM 1.62		2:01PM 1.34	2:04AM 1.57		2:59PM 1.43	3:01AM 1.54		3:56PM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)			4:54AM 0.46	4:17PM 0.48		5:38AM 0.49	4:59PM 0.56		6:23AM 0.52	5:47PM 0.62		7:10AM 0.54	6:43PM 0.67		7:57AM 0.53		7:48PM 0.69	8:45AM 0.51		8:57PM 0.67	9:33AM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	4	2	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	2	-	-	-
High °C	21	21	20	20	20	18	18	18	17	18	18	18	18	17	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19
Low °C	21	20	20	20	17	18	18	17	17	18	17	18	18	17	18	17	17	18	17	18	18	19
Chill °C (?)	21	21	20	19	19	16	16	17	15	17	17	17	17	16	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:18	-
Sunset	4:27	-	-	4:27	-	-	4:27	-	-	4:27	-	-	4:27	-	-	4:27	-	-	4:27	-	-	4:27
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 E	1.3 WSW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	0.6 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.9 NNW	0.3 ENE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	2.3 S	1.6 S	1.7 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 S	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	8	9	19	18	10	10	18	16	15	16	16	16	16	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.4 SSW	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.3 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	12	10	10	10	14	8	10	10	19	9	15	14	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 NW	1.9 NNW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	3.0 WNW	4.0 W	3.5 W	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	-	-	-	0.9 SE	1.1 ESE	1.1 E	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 NE	1.5 NE
Period (s)	8	8	8	7	8	9	9	10	12	11	10	-	-	-	10	5	5	5	6	6	6	6

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	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	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	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period(s)	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy	192	174	167	133	130	130	98	98	98	98	71	72	74	53	48	34	31	35	31	18	18	18
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					10:18PM 1.87				10:39AM 1.34				10:58PM 1.82				11:24AM 1.30				11:39PM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)		3:38PM 0.42					4:54AM 0.46				4:17PM 0.48				5:38AM 0.49				4:59PM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	1
Temp. °C	22	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Chill °C (?)	22	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	19	19	19	19	15	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	4:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:27	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.9 NNW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	1.4 NNW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.3 NW	0.9 NNW	0.7 NW
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	9	10	9	9	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.1 NE	-	0.1 NE	0.1 SW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	14	14	13	8	-	10	18	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NNW	1.9 NNW	2.0 NNW	1.4 WSW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	2.2 NW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 W	3.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 WSW	4.0 SW	5.0 SW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	11

	Wednesday 03													Thursday 04
	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	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	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E
Period(s)	10	10	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy	130	223	192	225	133	174	171	171	167	167	133	133	133	133	130	130	130	130	127	127	98	98
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)													10:18PM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)						3:38PM 0.42													4:54AM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20
Chill °C (?)	21	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	4:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.9 NNW	1.9 NNW	1.9 NNW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NNW	2.1 NNW	2.1 NNW	1.9 NNW	1.9 NNW	1.9 NNW	2.0 NNW	2.0 NNW	2.0 NNW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

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