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Lennox Head surf guide

Village beside one of Australia's best right-hand points, a long boulder-bottom wave for experienced surfers.

Location
New South Wales, Australia (-28.7960, 153.5930)
Best season
Mar – Aug: March, April, May, June, July, August
Water temperature
19–26°C (boardshorts (warmest) to 3/2 mm (coldest))
Waves
Point break, Beach break
Suits
Intermediate, Advanced surfers

Surf spots in Lennox Head

Where to stay in Lennox Head

80 places to stay within 10 km: 23 motel, 17 hotel, 12 holiday rental, 10 camp site, 6 bed and breakfast, 3 guest house, 3 caravan site, 2 resort, 2 apartment, 1 villa, 1 chalet. Compare them by distance to the nearest surf spot on the interactive map.

Cafés, food and surf shops

23 cafés and bakeries, 34 restaurants and bars, 6 surf schools and 9 surf shops nearby. Surf schools: Lets Go Surfing Ballina, Lennox Head-Alstonville Surf Life Saving Club, Surfit Gym Lennox Head 24/7 access, Free Flight Surfboards, North Wall, Ballina Surf School.

Frequently asked questions

When is the best time to surf in Lennox Head?

The best surf season in Lennox Head is Mar – Aug (March, April, May, June, July, August). The sea ranges from 19°C to 26°C over the year.

Which months have the most good surf days in Lennox Head?

Measured over the last three years (2023-11-01 to 2026-10-31), the waves at Lennox Head's best spot were good or better most often in May (59% of days, 19% great), April (47% of days, 12% great) and August (48% of days, 10% great), and least often in December (11%). From each day's swell and wind (Open-Meteo), rated like Swell Cabin's forecast.

Do I need a wetsuit in Lennox Head?

Water temperature in Lennox Head is 19–26°C: boardshorts (warmest) to 3/2 mm (coldest).

Is Lennox Head good for beginner surfers?

Lennox Head is better for intermediate and advanced surfers, though Lennox Head can suit all levels on smaller days.

What are the surf spots in Lennox Head?

Lennox Head has 2 surf spots on Swell Cabin: Lennox Head (Point break, right-hander, all levels, faces NE (offshore wind from the SW), best at all tides); Ballina (Beach break, lefts and rights, advanced surfers, faces SE (offshore wind from the NW)).

Where should surfers stay in Lennox Head?

Swell Cabin lists 80 places to stay within 10 km of Lennox Head, 3 guesthouses and homestays, 13 rentals and villas. Each one shows its distance to the nearest surf spot.

What is the surf forecast for Lennox Head this week?

Swell Cabin shows a live 7-day surf forecast for Lennox Head and each of its 2 surf spots on https://swellcabin.com/town/lennox-head: each spot rated hour by hour (Flat, Poor, Fair, Good, Great or Epic) from the way its coast faces, the swell, its period, the wind and the tide, with the best time each day and why, the size in surfers' words (e.g. "chest to head high, clean"), tides, and how sure the forecast is (three wave models compared). It is checked live against the nearest buoy and airport wind reports where there are any, and refreshed every few hours (waves from Open-Meteo, wind from MET Norway).

When is the best tide to surf in Lennox Head?

It depends on the spot: shallow reefs usually want mid to high tide, most beach breaks work best around mid tide. Swell Cabin's forecast for Lennox Head weighs each spot's tide hour by hour and shows the best window each day with the high and low tide times, predicted from the Brunswick Heads tide gauge (29 km away).

How accurate is the surf forecast for Lennox Head?

Swell Cabin checks it against the Tweed Offshore buoy (65 km away, Queensland Government Coastal Data System): over 171 hours from 2026-10-29 to 2026-11-05 the forecast wave height was within 20% of the buoy 84% of the time. Last checked 2026-11-05.

Is the Lennox Head surf forecast checked against measurements?

Yes. The open water off Lennox Head is checked against the satellite altimeters (Copernicus Marine's near-real-time wave heights): 36 satellite passes within 100 km since 2026-09-25, typically 40 km out, put the forecast wave height within 20% of the measurement 92% of the time. Of the three wave models compared, Météo-France has been the closest to the satellites here. Nearer the coast, the buoy above decides the correction. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information (https://doi.org/10.48670/moi-00179). Last checked 2026-11-03.

How reliable is Swell Cabin's information about Lennox Head?

Trust in this page's data is low (50/100): the town has not been verified against sources in the last 12 months; 0 of 2 spots fully verified, 1 with a researched tide; season and water temperature checked against measured data; no open audit warnings. How we check: https://github.com/danielgalam/swellcabin/blob/main/docs/data-accuracy.md Last checked against sources on 2026-11-05. Every value comes from measured data (Open-Meteo, buoys), open databases (OpenStreetMap, Wikidata) or a published page we opened, never from visitor reports; a daily audit compares them and a weekly evaluation measures the error rate (https://github.com/danielgalam/swellcabin/blob/main/docs/data-quality.md).

Is there a live surf cam in Lennox Head?

Swell Cabin hasn't found a live surf cam it could check in Lennox Head yet (it only lists cams it has opened); the surf forecast on its page shows the waves this week.

Where can I take surf lessons in Lennox Head?

Surf schools in and around Lennox Head include Lets Go Surfing Ballina, Lennox Head-Alstonville Surf Life Saving Club, Surfit Gym Lennox Head 24/7 access, Free Flight Surfboards, North Wall and Ballina Surf School.

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