Surf Climatology
Best Time to Surf Redhead
Lake Macquarie, NSW
Redhead is a surf break in Lake Macquarie, NSW, and this page shows the time of year when it usually gets the most surf. The figures are three years of offshore wave data, 2022 to 2024, averaged month by month at the nearest offshore point. The peak surf season at Redhead is Apr & Jul, when the average offshore swell is at its biggest.
Peak surf season: Apr & Jul.
Based on the 3-year average offshore wave height, 2022–2024.
Best time to visit
3-year monthly avg · offshore significant wave height · 2022–2024
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Peak monthsThis monthOff-peakTap a bar for details.
Jan: 4.6ft average swell at 6.9 s from the ESE.
Feb: 5.0ft average swell at 7.3 s from the ESE.
Mar: 5.2ft average swell at 7.8 s from the SE.
Apr: 5.4ft average swell at 8.2 s from the SE.
May: 4.9ft average swell at 8.2 s from the SE.
Jun: 4.5ft average swell at 8.3 s from the SSE.
Jul: 5.4ft average swell at 8.4 s from the SSE.
Aug: 3.8ft average swell at 7.8 s from the SE.
Sep: 4.5ft average swell at 7.9 s from the SE.
Oct: 5.0ft average swell at 7.7 s from the SE.
Nov: 4.3ft average swell at 7.1 s from the SE.
Dec: 4.2ft average swell at 6.9 s from the SE.
Offshore significant wave height (Hs) from Open-Meteo ERA5 reanalysis, 2022–2024, at -33.0°, 151.5°.
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