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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 beginners: 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 beginner surfers. A spot that does not suit them is tagged with the level it suits and never goes green for them. 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.A tag under a spot's name is the level its colours are for: Intermediate

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Lakes Entrance1.4 kmabout 5 min by carIntermediate and up

2 ft15 kJ

2 ft19 kJ

2 ft14 kJ

2 ft13 kJ

2 ft20 kJ

2 ft14 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Lakes Entrance, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	25, too small	2 ft4 smushy	15kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 4 knots	22°C
Mon 19Oct	16, too small	2 ft5 smushy	19kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 4 knots	21°C
Tue 20Oct	12, too small	2 ft5 smushy	14kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 3 knots	26°C
Wed 21Oct	16, too small	2 ft5 smushy	14kJ	wind from the south, 4 knots	24°C
Thu 22Oct	17, too small	2 ft5 smushy	13kJ	wind from the south-east, 3 knots	25°C
Fri 23Oct	15, too small	2 ft5 smushy	20kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 1 knot	27°C
Sat 24Oct	11, too small	2 ft6 smushy	14kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 10 knots, offshore	29°C

Red Bluff5.9 kmabout 10 min by carIntermediate and up

2 ft27 kJ

2 ft20 kJ

2 ft15 kJ

2 ft22 kJ

2 ft16 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Red Bluff, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	26, too small	2 ft6 smushy	27kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 4 knots	22°C
Mon 19Oct	16, too small	2 ft5 smushy	20kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 4 knots	21°C
Tue 20Oct	13, too small	2 ft5 smushy	15kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 3 knots	26°C
Wed 21Oct	16, too small	2 ft5 smushy	15kJ	wind from the south, 4 knots	24°C
Thu 22Oct	18, too small	2 ft5 smushy	15kJ	wind from the south-east, 3 knots	25°C
Fri 23Oct	15, too small	2 ft5 smushy	22kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 1 knot	27°C
Sat 24Oct	12, too small	2 ft6 smushy	16kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 10 knots, offshore	29°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

Lakes Entrance 0.4 km · stays here

Windsurf near Lakes Entrance

Lakes Entrance 0.4 km · stays here

Places to eat near Lakes Entrance

Nicks ThaiThai · 0.1 km from the centre
Pizza On MyerPizza · 0.1 km from the centre
Sea ShantySeafood · 0.1 km from the centre
The PitBarbecue · 0.1 km from the centre
Floating DragonAsian · 0.3 km from the centre
Grand Entrance BistroAustralian · 0.4 km from the centre

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

Lakes Entrance, Australia