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Saltwater surfForecast / NSW – Port Macquarie / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Sunday 18 Jan 2026 AEDT
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Saltwater surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Saltwater sea temperature is
21.3° C
 (Which is 2.7°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Saltwater today?

The current surf forecast for Saltwater at 12AM is: 2.5m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm January 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)8s
Afternoon (19 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)9s
Evening (19 Jan)5ft (1.6m)9s

Table - waves today at Saltwater. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Sun
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
3
3
3
1
2
2
3
3
2
3
2
3
2
2
2
4
4
4
4
3
2
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
ESE
2.5
SE
2
SSE
1.9
SSE
2.3
SE
2.3
SE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SE
1.5
SSE
1.8
SE
2.2
SE
2.3
SE
2.3
SE
2.2
SE
2.1
SE
2.4
SE
2.3
SE
Period(s) (?)88888899999888891111111111111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9198405545047027024543953863463243303002922613467591141130312351128102812541111
Wind
(km/h)
20
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
20
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
S
10
S
5
S
5
S
10
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
S
10
S
10
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
25
S
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:17PM
1.06
9:25AM
1.67
9:55PM
1.10
9:59AM
1.69
10:33PM
1.14
10:33AM
1.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:49AM
0.27
4:08PM
0.14
3:27AM
0.25
4:41PM
0.10
4:05AM
0.26
Sun
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Sunrise----6:01-------6:01-------6:03---
Sunset-------7:58-------7:58-------7:57
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
531-121-----1-----21----
Temp. °C222121212121232322201918182123232119181818232322
Feels °C (?)202020202120212120191818181920201918171716201919
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