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Lakes Beach surf Forecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Saturday 20 Apr 2024 AEST
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Lakes Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Lakes Beach sea temperature is 23.6°C (Statistics for 20 Apr 1981-2005 - mean: 22.3 °C max: 24.1 °C min: 20.3 °C)
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Lakes Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Lakes Beach sea temperature is 23.6°C (Statistics for 20 Apr 1981-2005 - mean: 22.3 °C max: 24.1 °C min: 20.3 °C)


How big are the waves at Lakes Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Lakes Beach at 1PM is: 2.2m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)6ft (1.8m)7s
Afternoon (20 Apr)7.5ft (2.3m)8s
Evening (20 Apr)10ft (3.0m)8s

Table - waves today at Lakes Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Monday
22
Tuesday
23
Wednesday
24
Thursday
25
Friday
26
Saturday
27
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
S
1.8
S
2.2
S
2.4
S
2.5
S
3
S
2.5
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.1
SSE
1.5
S
1.6
SSE
1.1
S
1.4
SE
1
S
1
S
1.2
SSE
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
ENE
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.9
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
NE
1
NE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
S
2
S
2
S
2.2
S
1.8
S
1.8
S
2.5
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.4
S
2.2
S
2.3
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
Period(s) (?)7788888877777779699998811111110845566888888911101010981110101099101010101010109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)320294563761943111485065752643223824312716397164106110835653503664855549966071554040828273808064671108008008824934321386172412751106958810938687630575494417349295
Wind
(km/h)
25
SW
30
S
35
S
35
S
40
SSE
35
S
35
SSE
30
S
25
S
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
10
SSE
5
ESE
5
NE
10
NNE
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
N
15
NNE
25
NE
25
NE
25
N
15
N
10
NW
15
NW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
WNW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
20
SW
20
S
20
S
20
SSE
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
20
S
15
SSE
10
S
10
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
SSW
10
SSE
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:48AM
1.29
6:29PM
1.27
6:27AM
1.29
6:59PM
1.36
7:05AM
1.28
7:29PM
1.44
7:41AM
1.26
7:59PM
1.50
8:18AM
1.22
8:30PM
1.54
8:54AM
1.18
9:03PM
1.55
9:33AM
1.12
9:39PM
1.55
10:15AM
1.07
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:12PM
0.27
12:28AM
0.40
12:41PM
0.25
1:07AM
0.33
1:10PM
0.24
1:45AM
0.27
1:38PM
0.25
2:23AM
0.23
2:07PM
0.27
3:00AM
0.21
2:37PM
0.30
3:40AM
0.21
3:10PM
0.34
4:22AM
0.23
3:45PM
0.39
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Monday
22
Tuesday
23
Wednesday
24
Thursday
25
Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sunrise6:18-------6:20-------6:20-------6:20-------6:22-------6:22-------6:22-------6:24---
Sunset---5:24-------5:23-------5:22-------5:22-------5:20-------5:19-------5:17-------5:16
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Rain (mm)
11333221-1--------------------------------------------------
Temp. °C161919191919192019192019191918171618202020201817171822212119181818222526232119171517191818171615151718171717161514161718
Feels °C (?)121414131313131515151616161717151416191920201817171720181817171715182223201715121012131414131311111313131516141211141517

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