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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	Thu	Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11
	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.9 S	1.5 S	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.9 E	1.3 E	1.0 E	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE
Period(s)	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	8	8	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	7	8
Energy	77	34	34	17	17	16	16	687	522	14	14	45	109	52	76	95	125	90	107	170	154	182
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	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	3:59AM 1.52		4:51PM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)		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		10:04PM 0.62	10:22AM 0.39		11:07PM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	18	3	2	4	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
High °C	20	18	18	18	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	18	19	19	19	19	19
Low °C	15	17	18	18	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19
Chill °C (?)	19	17	17	17	15	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	17	18	18	18	19	19
Sunrise	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:18	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:27	-	-	4:27	-	-	4:27	-	-	4:27	-	-	4:27	-	-	4:27	-	-	4:27	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.4 ENE	2.1 SW	1.1 NW	0.3 ENE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 WSW	1.5 S	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 ENE	0.7 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	10	8	9	19	17	9	10	17	16	17	16	16	16	14	16	16	6	16	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.1 NE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.3 ENE	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 N	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.7 SSW	0.4 NE	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	14	9	10	9	19	9	9	11	9	9	8	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	15	8	16	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 WNW	3.5 W	2.5 WNW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 S	1.0 SE	-	-	0.9 E	1.3 E	1.0 E	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	-	1.3 ENE	-	0.9 NNE
Period (s)	8	9	8	10	12	11	10	10	6	-	-	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	-	6	-	5

	Thu		Friday 05								Saturday 06								Sunday 07
	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	1	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	0.6 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	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 E	2.2 S	1.9 S
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10
Energy	73	72	77	52	59	34	33	34	30	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	19	19	16	14	880	687
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
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	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			10:58PM 1.82				11:24AM 1.30				11:39PM 1.75				12:13PM 1.28				12:24AM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)	4:17PM 0.48				5:38AM 0.49				4:59PM 0.56				6:23AM 0.52				5:47PM 0.62					7:10AM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	risk thund- der	mod. rain	mod. rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	7	9	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	20	15	16	16	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	18	18	18	17	18	18
Chill °C (?)	19	19	12	15	14	15	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	17	17	17	16	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:27	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 SSW	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.4 NW	1.1 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.3 ENE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	13	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	8	7	9	19	19	19	18	17	18	14	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 E	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 SW
Period (s)	15	14	14	10	10	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	19	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 SW	4.0 SW	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.2 S	1.9 S
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	8	9	10	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	10

	Thursday 04							Friday 05
	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 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	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy	98	73	73	73	72	72	72	72	77	77	52	52	52	59	59	59	42	34	34	34	33	33
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)							10:58PM 1.82													11:24AM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)	4:17PM 0.48													5:38AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	3	1	3	5	1	-	1	1	-	-	1
High °C	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	15	16	15	16	17	15	16	17	17	17	17	18	18	18
Chill °C (?)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	12	14	13	15	16	12	14	15	15	15	15	17	17	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	13	13	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	10	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 NW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9

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