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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Lord Howe Island Wavefinder

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	Tue	Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
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Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 E	3.0 E	2.5 E	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 NE	2.5 NE	2.0 ENE	1.6 E	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E
Period(s)	12	12	11	11	10	10	8	8	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	10	10	10
Energy	2541	2360	1722	1487	1467	1143	1481	1374	1083	828	430	481	300	169	175	136	198	175	176	239	230	190
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:10AM 1.50	5:53PM 1.64		5:53AM 1.49	6:32PM 1.74		6:33AM 1.48		7:09PM 1.82	7:12AM 1.48		7:46PM 1.88	7:51AM 1.47		8:23PM 1.92	8:31AM 1.45		9:01PM 1.93	9:12AM 1.42		9:39PM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)	11:12PM 0.56	11:24AM 0.37		12:01AM 0.53	12:00PM 0.34		12:45AM 0.50	12:35PM 0.32		1:26AM 0.47		1:10PM 0.30	2:06AM 0.44		1:46PM 0.30	2:47AM 0.43		2:22PM 0.32	3:28AM 0.43		3:00PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	3	1	1	6	9	2	11	16	3	5	1	2	3	1	1	2	1	-	-	-	3	6
High °C	20	20	20	21	22	21	22	22	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	18	19	19	19	19	20
Low °C	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	18	19	19	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	19	18	18	19	19
Chill °C (?)	20	20	20	21	22	21	22	22	19	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	17	18	19	19	18	19
Sunrise	-	6:11	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:29	-	-	4:29	-	-	4:29	-	-	4:28	-	-	4:28	-	-	4:28	-	-	4:28	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	1.0 SSW	2.5 NE	2.0 ENE	1.6 E	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 NNW	1.0 E	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SW	1.1 E	1.0 E
Period (s)	12	15	16	15	14	14	17	16	9	9	9	10	9	8	9	9	10	10	9	9	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.1 N	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.1 E	0.5 SSW	1.0 E	0.9 NNW	0.7 NW	0.7 WNW	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.1 SW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	16	12	11	12	16	16	13	16	16	14	13	9	14	9	7	7	6	9	9	10	9	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 E	3.0 E	2.5 E	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 NE	-	1.6 N	2.2 NNW	2.3 NNW	2.2 NW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 SW	2.0 SSW	-	-	-	0.7 NW	2.1 NW
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	10	10	8	8	-	6	7	8	8	10	10	9	9	-	-	-	4	6

	Tue		Wednesday 27								Thursday 28								Friday 29
	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM
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	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.5 NE	3.0 NE
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	8	8	8
Energy	2851	2584	2541	2460	2429	2360	2056	1722	1612	1469	1487	1728	1600	1467	1312	1143	1369	1350	1481	1303	1453	1374
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross
Tide State	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	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	5:09PM 1.54				5:10AM 1.50				5:53PM 1.64				5:53AM 1.49				6:32PM 1.74				6:33AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)			11:12PM 0.56				11:24AM 0.37				12:01AM 0.53				12:00PM 0.34				12:45AM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	mod. rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	1	-	1	1	2	2	4	5	2	-	1	1	2	7	7
Temp. °C	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	22	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22
Chill °C (?)	20	20	20	20	19	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	21	22	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:29	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	2.5 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	12	15	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	10	14	14	17	17	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.6 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	-	-	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	18	17	16	16	15	12	11	11	11	12	12	17	17	16	14	16	16	13	13	-	-	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	-	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.5 NE	3.0 NE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	-	10	10	8	8	8	8	8

	Tuesday 26							Wednesday 27
	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM
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	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Energy	2854	2854	2851	2805	2805	2584	2584	2541	2541	2502	2502	2460	2468	2429	2429	2388	2401	2360	2169	2131	2056	1919
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		5:09PM 1.54												5:10AM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)								11:12PM 0.56												11:24AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
Chill °C (?)	19	20	20	19	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	20	20	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	15	15	15	15	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	12	12	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11

Lord Howe Island Surf Breaks

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