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.

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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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	Sat		Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Sat
	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.5 N	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.7 NE	0.8 ENE	1.0 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.8 SSW	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	0.5 N
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	14	14	6	6	14	13	13	8	9	13	9	12	13	12	11	11	10	10	14
Energy(?)	153	207	73	71	128	31	32	89	91	105	124	125	397	214	256	992	934	717	605	525	479	279
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)		10:07PM 1.51	10:39AM 2.07		11:01PM 1.44	11:31AM 1.99		11:58PM 1.38	12:24PM 1.88		12:59AM 1.32	1:20PM 1.75		2:04AM 1.29		2:17PM 1.63	3:11AM 1.30		3:15PM 1.52	4:16AM 1.35		4:11PM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)	4:17PM 0.22	3:59AM 0.16		5:12PM 0.25	4:49AM 0.23		6:09PM 0.30		5:44AM 0.34	7:07PM 0.36		6:43AM 0.46		8:06PM 0.41	7:49AM 0.57		9:04PM 0.46	8:59AM 0.65		9:58PM 0.48	10:09AM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	15	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	21	21	22	22	21	21	21	21	22	22	21	16	21	20	21	21	20	20	20	20	21
Low °C	21	20	21	22	19	19	21	21	21	22	21	21	15	20	17	21	20	20	20	20	20	21
Chill °C (?)	21	21	21	22	22	21	21	21	21	22	22	21	14	21	20	21	21	20	20	20	20	21
Sunrise	-	-	5:11	-	-	5:11	-	-	5:11	-	-	5:11	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:11	-	-	5:11	-
Sunset	7:16	-	-	7:17	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:19	-	-	8:28	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:22
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 NNE	0.6 NE	0.9 NW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 ENE	1.0 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.8 SSW	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	16	13	12	14	5	7	10	9	8	8	8	9	13	9	12	13	12	11	11	12	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.5 N	0.4 NNE	0.4 SW	0.5 N	0.7 SSW	0.6 NW	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.4 NNE	0.4 SSW	-	0.4 SSW	-	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 E
Period (s)	14	16	15	12	14	6	6	7	7	8	13	7	-	16	-	14	12	11	11	6	6	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 N	1.3 N	1.7 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.2 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NE	-	1.0 SE	-	1.1 SE	-	1.0 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.1 E
Period (s)	4	5	6	6	7	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	4	-	5	-	5	6	6	10	10	6

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	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM
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Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	1.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	16	5	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	6	6	6	6	7	14	13
Energy(?)	171	153	165	174	207	250	114	73	72	71	76	124	128	91	87	31	32	32	34	28	89	89
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	glass	on	on	on	on	cross- on
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				10:07PM 1.51				10:39AM 2.07					11:01PM 1.44				11:31AM 1.99				11:58PM 1.38
Low Tide / height (m)		4:17PM 0.22				3:59AM 0.16					5:12PM 0.25			4:49AM 0.23					6:09PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	risk thund- der	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	10	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	21	21	21	20	21	21	21	22	22	22	21	19	19	19	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Chill °C (?)	21	21	21	21	19	21	21	21	22	22	22	21	19	19	19	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:19	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	0.9 NW	1.4 SW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	14	14	13	13	12	12	15	14	14	5	5	7	7	7	9	10	10	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 SSW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 NNE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.7 SSW	0.8 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE
Period (s)	8	14	16	16	16	15	15	15	12	12	11	14	14	5	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.9 N	1.1 N	1.3 N	1.5 N	1.7 N	1.7 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.7 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM
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	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	1.5 N	1.5 N	1.6 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	5	5	6	15	15	15
Energy(?)	172	170	171	170	153	153	153	165	165	174	164	174	179	190	207	222	247	250	272	117	114	114
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)												10:07PM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)						4:17PM 0.22											3:59AM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21
Chill °C (?)	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	19	19	19	19	21	21	21	21	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:11	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N
Period (s)	14	8	8	8	14	14	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.9 N	0.9 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	1.1 N	1.1 N	1.2 N	1.3 N	1.4 N	1.5 N	1.5 N	1.6 N	1.6 N	1.7 N	1.7 N
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6

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