Hearnes Lake Beach
New South Wales · Australia
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Hearnes Lake Beach is a E-facing sand beach on the Australia shoreline, opening onto the Coral Sea — it catches NE–SE swell, and offshore SW–NW winds tidy the banks through october–april.
10-day forecast
Local time · updates hourly
Wave height & period
Wind
| Time | Rating | Waves | Swell | Wind | Air |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Water temperature by month
This month: ~20.2°C (68.4°F) on average
Jan
24.7°C
76.5°F · 23–26.1°C
Feb
25.7°C
78.3°F · 24.4–27.4°C
Mar
25.5°C
77.9°F · 23.7–26.9°C
Apr
24.5°C
76.1°F · 22.6–25.6°C
May
23°C
73.4°F · 21.3–24.8°C
Jun
21.5°C
70.7°F · 20.4–23°C
Jul
20.1°C
68.2°F · 18.3–21.5°C
Aug
20°C
68°F · 18.9–21.6°C
Sep
20.2°C
68.4°F · 18.7–21.1°C
Oct
21.2°C
70.2°F · 18.8–23.3°C
Nov
22.3°C
72.1°F · 20.4–23.9°C
Dec
23.2°C
73.8°F · 21–25°C
25-year monthly averages from the NOAA OISST satellite record — typical range min–max, not a live reading.
Know before you go
Best swell
NE–SE
Best wind
SW–NW
Break type
Beach break
Best season
October–April
Safety: Friendly by surf standards, but rip currents and drop-in etiquette still apply. Shifting sandbars create moving rip currents — learn to spot them and use them to get out back. Sharks are part of the ecosystem here — avoid dawn, dusk and murky rivermouth water.
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