Sandbar Surf Forecast

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

Australia (828 breaks) / Lat Long: (32.39° S 152.53° E)

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Sandbar surfForecast / NSW – Port Macquarie / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 AEST

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Sandbar surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Sandbar sea temperature is 19.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Sandbar today?

The current surf forecast for Sandbar at 10AM is: 0.8m 8s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:00am September 17). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	8s
Afternoon (17 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	8s
Evening (17 Sep)	2ft (0.6m)	7s

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

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	Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	S	NE	ENE	S	S	S	ENE	NE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	11	11	11	9	9	8	6	6	10	10	10	6	6
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	125	108	79	79	67	67	52	41	31	23	59	119	166	286	207	150	88	124	47	108	96	92	84	105
Wind (km/h)	N	WNW	WNW	NW	SE	E	NNE	SE	SSW	SW	WSW	SW	SSE	E	NE	NNE	N	NNW	NW	NNE	NE	NE	NNE	N
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	off	off	off	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			4:54AM 0.99				4:53PM 1.50				5:49AM 1.08				5:47PM 1.54				6:33AM 1.17				6:32PM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)	10:56PM 0.28				10:17AM 0.47				11:50PM 0.22				11:20AM 0.41				12:32AM 0.17				12:12PM 0.34

	Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
Sunrise	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	19	20	23	24	21	19	18	19	16	14	16	16	17	18	18	16	15	15	17	19	19	19	18
Feels °C (?)	15	17	18	21	23	19	19	18	17	11	10	14	14	15	15	15	13	13	14	16	15	15	15	15

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Port Macquarie

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Sandbar (light winds from the W at Shoal Bay wx 49 km from Sandbar). 1.3m 8s swell from the NE to make surfable waves.
1 hour 12 minutes ago Sandbar

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49 km away, 1 h 12 min ago

10 km/h

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19.2

Air / Water (°C)

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