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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	Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Fri
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
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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 (?)	1.3 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	1.8 S	1.8 SSE	1.6 SE	1.2 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.5 S	1.1 ESE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	8	7	6	6	6	7	6	6	14	6
Energy(?)	400	296	186	124	89	113	90	68	53	51	35	560	439	278	144	71	65	155	178	177	192	249
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		4:53PM 1.22		5:27AM 1.66	6:08PM 1.32		6:30AM 1.73	7:03PM 1.46		7:21AM 1.78	7:48PM 1.59		8:04AM 1.82		8:28PM 1.71	8:43AM 1.82		9:05PM 1.79	9:19AM 1.80		9:42PM 1.84	9:54AM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)	10:42AM 0.06		10:46PM 0.55	12:10PM 0.47		11:58PM 0.48	1:01PM 0.38		12:57AM 0.39	1:43PM 0.30		1:46AM 0.31		2:19PM 0.24	2:29AM 0.25		2:53PM 0.20	3:10AM 0.23		3:26PM 0.19	3:49AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	3	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	21	20
Low °C	23	23	21	21	22	21	21	22	22	22	22	21	20	21	20	21	21	20	20	20	20	20
Chill °C (?)	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	21	20
Sunrise	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:35
Sunset	-	6:27	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:19	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 E	2.4 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	10	9	13	14	12	12	12	11	10	16	15	14	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.6 SSE	0.7 E	0.9 WSW	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 S	0.2 NNE	0.1 NE	1.0 S	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	10	10	9	10	16	9	9	9	9	18	17	9	12	12	16	11	11	11	16	16	14	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.0 NW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 SSE	1.6 SE	1.2 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 E	1.1 ESE
Period (s)	6	7	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	7	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	6

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	1:30AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Lord Howe Island	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.8 N	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	-	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E
Period(s) (?)	13	10	10	9	9	9	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	1358	604	539	400	355	296	575	207	186	186	152	124	118	89	0	123	113	83	85	90	66	68
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		4:10AM 1.62				4:53PM 1.22					5:27AM 1.66				6:08PM 1.32				6:30AM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)					11:04AM 0.55			10:46PM 0.55					12:10PM 0.47				11:58PM 0.48				1:01PM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	risk thund- der	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	23	23	23	23	23	21	22	23	22	21	22	22	22	21	22	21	21	21	22	22	22
Chill °C (?)	13	23	23	23	23	23	21	22	23	22	21	22	22	22	21	22	21	21	21	22	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:23
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.8 N	2.2 NW	0.8 E	1.6 NNW	0.7 E	2.4 WSW	2.4 SW	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	14	10	10	9	9	9	7	8	10	7	10	9	14	13	12	15	14	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 SSE	0.8 E	0.6 SSE	0.8 E	0.5 SSE	0.7 E	2.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	3.0 SW	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	-	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	10	9	10	10	16	15	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.1 NNW	1.4 NNW	1.7 NNW	2.1 NNW	2.5 NNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.0 NW	1.6 WSW	2.5 W	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	4	5	6	6	7	8	8	7	9	9	7	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	11:30PM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Lord Howe Island	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.8 N	1.8 N	1.8 N
Period(s) (?)	14	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	7	7
Energy(?)	1447	770	770	698	698	604	601	539	539	490	483	400	400	355	355	304	328	296	296	575	575	575
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)						4:10AM 1.62												4:53PM 1.22
Low Tide / height (m)													11:04AM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-
High °C	15	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	23	23	23	21	20
Chill °C (?)	13	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	23	23	23	21	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:27	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.8 N	1.8 N	1.8 N
Period (s)	14	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 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	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	5	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.8 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.1 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.4 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.6 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.8 NNW	2.0 NNW	2.1 NNW	2.3 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	14	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	8

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