Saltwater Surf Forecast

/ NSW – Port Macquarie (37 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /

Australia (828 breaks) / Lat Long: (32.01° S 152.57° E)

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Saltwater surfForecast / NSW – Port Macquarie / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Sunday 19 Oct 2025 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 20.3° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Saltwater today?

The current surf forecast for Saltwater at 2PM is: 0.9m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am October 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (19 Oct)	2.5ft (0.8m)	6s
Afternoon (19 Oct)	3ft (0.9m)	7s
Evening (19 Oct)	4.5ft (1.3m)	5s

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

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	Sunday 19						Monday 20								Tuesday 21								Wed 22
	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SE	SE	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	E	S	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	S	S	S	S	SSE
Period(s) (?)	6	6	7	6	5	5	5	11	6	6	5	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	7	10	16
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	36	33	62	80	85	46	37	56	53	39	58	143	144	131	121	116	89	48	30	101	85	70	71	140
Wind (km/h)	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	NNE	N	N	N	NE	ENE	NE	NNE	N	N	SSW	SW	SSW	SSE	SSE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	7:41AM 1.37				7:43PM 1.32					8:13AM 1.46				8:19PM 1.28				8:43AM 1.52				8:55PM 1.24
Low Tide / height (m)			1:46PM 0.31				1:52AM 0.17					2:25PM 0.26				2:20AM 0.18				3:03PM 0.22				2:48AM 0.20

	Sunday 19						Monday 20								Tuesday 21								Wed 22
Sunrise	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	21	22	20	19	17	16	15	17	26	27	26	23	21	21	18	19	22	22	20	19	18	18	18
Feels °C (?)	18	19	19	17	16	15	15	13	16	25	25	24	23	21	21	18	19	20	20	20	21	19	18	17

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Port Macquarie

Wind Update The wind is still cross-on at Saltwater (moderate winds from the ENE at TareeAirportAws 14 km from Saltwater). 0.8m 6s windswell from the S with a 0.7m 6s windswell from the E and a 0.5m 11s groundswell from the S as well as a 0.4m 16s long period groundswell from the SSE. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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Actual: 51 min ago

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