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.

Lord Howe Island Surf Forecast

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Preloading...

Long range forecasts are available for members only
Sign Up

Already have an account? Sign in

Show location on the map:

Wave Energy Map

Wave Height Map

Wind Map

Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: Lord Howe Island Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, Lord Howe Island Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, Lord Howe Island Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, Lord Howe Island Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: Lord Howe Island Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: Lord Howe Island Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, Lord Howe Island Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, Lord Howe Island Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, Lord Howe Island Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

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.

Lord Howe Island Photos

Lord Howe Island Wavefinder

7 day 48 hour

	Friday 11			Saturday 12			Sunday 13			Monday 14			Tuesday 15			Wednesday 16			Thursday 17			Fri
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
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	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 S	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	1.1 S	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	0.2 ENE	-	0.2 ENE	0.6 SSE
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	18	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	-	10	-	9	8
Energy(?)	192	176	121	78	76	50	47	48	221	46	26	336	28	28	27	13	13	0	10	0	8	47
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			8:40PM 2.00	8:56AM 1.47		9:20PM 2.01	9:39AM 1.50		10:02PM 1.99	10:23AM 1.51		10:44PM 1.93	11:10AM 1.52		11:29PM 1.84	12:00PM 1.53		12:17AM 1.73	12:56PM 1.54		1:10AM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)		2:01PM 0.32	3:09AM 0.37		2:44PM 0.30	3:50AM 0.33		3:27PM 0.30		4:30AM 0.32	4:13PM 0.32		5:12AM 0.32	5:02PM 0.37		5:57AM 0.34	5:56PM 0.43		6:44AM 0.37	6:59PM 0.51		7:37AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	risk thund- der	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	4	1	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-
High °C	17	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	18	17	17	17	16
Low °C	17	18	17	16	17	16	17	16	17	18	18	17	17	16	15	16	17	16	16	17	16	16
Chill °C (?)	15	16	15	15	15	15	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	15	15	16	17	16	16	17	16
Sunrise	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20
Sunset	-	4:35	-	-	4:36	-	-	4:36	-	-	4:37	-	-	4:37	-	-	4:37	-	-	4:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.1 SW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.1 NW	0.8 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	14	13	13	12	12	12	15	15	14	12	12	10	12	11	12	7	13	9	10	9	11	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 S	0.4 ESE	0.4 SSW	1.1 S	0.6 NW	0.3 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.3 NNW	0.8 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	23	-	12	12	18	12	16	12	6	15	12	14	7	12	7	11	18	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	-	-	-	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	-	-	2.1 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	-	-	-	-	0.2 N
Period (s)	11	11	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	5	6	-	-	7	7	9	9	-	-	-	-	5

	Friday 11								Saturday 12								Sunday 13

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	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	129	175	183	192	189	176	125	123	121	121	117	78	77	76	76	76	50	49	48	47	47	48
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	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
Tide State(?)	-	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	low
High Tide / height (m)				8:12AM 1.44				8:40PM 2.00				8:56AM 1.47				9:20PM 2.01				9:39AM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)		2:28AM 0.42				2:01PM 0.32				3:09AM 0.37				2:44PM 0.30				3:50AM 0.33				3:27PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	17	16	17	17	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	16	17	17	17	16	16	17	17	17	16
Chill °C (?)	15	15	14	15	15	16	17	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	14	14	15	16	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	4:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:36
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	5.0 SSW	4.5 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	10	16	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	23	22	-	-	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 W	4.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	-	-	-	-