Lakes Entrance, Australia

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Lakes Entrance. Photo: Bernard Spragg. NZ from Christchurch, New Zealand, CC0, Wikimedia Commons

About Lakes Entrance

Lakes Entrance is a town in Victoria, Australia. From Lakes Entrance you can reach 2 surf spots, 1 kite spot and 1 windsurf spot. The nearest is Lakes Entrance, a kite and windsurf spot 0.4 km from the centre. Overture lists 76 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 17 of them campsites. The nearest airport is MHU, 109 km away.

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Staying in Lakes Entrance

  • 76 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 17 of them campsites (Overture places)
  • Nearest airports: MHU, 109 km, OOM, 196 km, MIM, 200 km

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Where it is

Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for intermediates: green on a good day. The dashed circle is 20 km from Lakes Entrance.

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Surf within 20 km

The next 7 days. Each day's wave height, green on a good day for the level each spot suits. Pick your level for the days that suit you. The best of the spots that stay in Lakes Entrance each day wears a ★ Best badge, only on a Good day.

Wave height in feet, the wave energy in kJ under it.GoodUnder each day, the wind in knots: the arrow points where it blows to.

Surf spots within 20 km of Lakes Entrance: Sun 18 Oct to Sat 24 Oct
SpotSun 18Mon 19Tue 20Wed 21Thu 22Fri 23Sat 24
Red Bluff5.9 kmabout 10 min by car2 ft27 kJwind from the south-south-west, 4 knots, too small2 ft20 kJwind from the south-south-east, 4 knots, too small2 ft15 kJwind from the west-north-west, 4 knots, too small2 ft15 kJwind from the south, 4 knots, too small2 ft19 kJwind from the south-east, 5 knots, too small2 ft22 kJwind from the south-south-east, 4 knots, too small2 ft16 kJwind from the north, 9 knots, offshore, too small
All readings for Red Bluff: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day
Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Red Bluff, each day
DayScore for intermediatesSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct26, too small2 ft6 smushy27kJwind from the south-south-west, 4 knots22°C
Mon 19Oct16, too small2 ft5 smushy20kJwind from the south-south-east, 4 knots21°C
Tue 20Oct13, too small2 ft5 smushy15kJwind from the west-north-west, 4 knots26°C
Wed 21Oct16, too small2 ft5 smushy15kJwind from the south, 4 knots24°C
Thu 22Oct17, too small2 ft5 smushy19kJwind from the south-east, 5 knots23°C
Fri 23Oct15, too small2 ft5 smushy22kJwind from the south-south-east, 4 knots25°C
Sat 24Oct13, too small2 ft6 smushy16kJwind from the north, 9 knots, offshore28°C
Lakes Entrance1.4 kmabout 5 min by car2 ft15 kJwind from the south-south-west, 4 knots, too small2 ft19 kJwind from the south-south-east, 4 knots, too small2 ft14 kJwind from the west-north-west, 4 knots, offshore, too small2 ft14 kJwind from the south, 4 knots, too small2 ft17 kJwind from the south-east, 5 knots, too small2 ft20 kJwind from the south-south-east, 4 knots, too small2 ft14 kJwind from the north, 9 knots, offshore, too small
All readings for Lakes Entrance: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day
Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Lakes Entrance, each day
DayScore for intermediatesSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct25, too small2 ft4 smushy15kJwind from the south-south-west, 4 knots22°C
Mon 19Oct16, too small2 ft5 smushy19kJwind from the south-south-east, 4 knots21°C
Tue 20Oct12, too small2 ft5 smushy14kJwind from the west-north-west, 4 knots, offshore26°C
Wed 21Oct16, too small2 ft5 smushy14kJwind from the south, 4 knots24°C
Thu 22Oct16, too small2 ft5 smushy17kJwind from the south-east, 5 knots23°C
Fri 23Oct15, too small2 ft5 smushy20kJwind from the south-south-east, 4 knots25°C
Sat 24Oct13, too small2 ft6 smushy14kJwind from the north, 9 knots, offshore28°C

Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Lakes Entrance, to spots that land joins: none across a bay or on another island. A drive marked "about" is our estimate: the straight line times 1.8 minutes a km, measured on the drives we have routed (half of those come within 21% of the routed time).

Kite near Lakes Entrance

Windsurf near Lakes Entrance

Places to eat near Lakes Entrance

Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits