Sawtell Surf Forecast

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

Australia (828 breaks) / Lat Long: (30.37° S 153.10° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Sawtell surfForecast / NSW – Port Macquarie / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Tuesday 02 Jun 2026 AEST

Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent

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

Today's Sawtell sea temperature is 22.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Sawtell today (02 Jun):

Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Jun, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Jun, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Jun, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Sawtell at 6PM is: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am June 02). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (02 Jun)	1.5ft (0.5m)	9s
Afternoon (02 Jun)	1.5ft (0.5m)	9s
Evening (02 Jun)	1.5ft (0.5m)	9s

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

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 22°C on Tue morning, min 12°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.
	Tuesday 2						Wednesday 3								Thursday 4								Fri 5
	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	1 AM	4 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	S 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 10	E 11	E 11	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10
Wave Graph
kJ	45	41	39	39	40	41	43	43	41	41	43	43	27	44	82	82	75	73	73	73	50	49	48	48
Wind (km/h)	NW	N	N	N	NW	N	NNW	NW	NNW	WNW	SE	ESE	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	NW	NNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WSW	W
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross	cross-off	glassy	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off
High Tide		9:08AM0.97m				9:26PM1.54m				9:48AM0.95m					10:05PM1.51m				10:30AM0.93m				10:44PM1.47m
Low Tide				2:43PM0.24m					4:12AM0.24m			3:21PM0.27m					4:53AM0.26m			4:00PM0.31m


	6:35	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:37
	—	—	—	4:53	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:53	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:53	—	—	—	4:53
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	12	17	22	21	19	19	18	17	15	20	22	20	17	15	14	14	13	17	21	20	16	16	14	12
Feels °C	9	14	18	17	16	16	16	16	13	18	21	19	14	12	11	11	10	13	19	15	12	12	10	7
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 7	S 9	E 9	E 9	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 10	E 11	E 11	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10
kJ	36	41	39	39	13	23	19	43	41	41	43	43	27	44	82	82	75	73	73	73	50	49	48	48
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	E 9	S 8	SSE 8	E 9	E 9	E 9	NE 6	NE 7	NE 7	S 7	NNE 7	NE 7	NE 6	NE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 6	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	SSW 5
kJ	39	39	33	21	40	41	43	20	22	23	1	17	11	11	7	5	4	4	6	6	6	2	2	7
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 9	NE 9	NE 12	NE 12	SSE 8	SSE 7	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 12	S 7	E 11	S 7	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	—	—	—	S 5	N 5	S 7
kJ	45	3	6	5	20	10	4	4	4	4	3	1	23	1	2	2	2	2	—	—	—	1	1	4
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNW 2	N 4	N 3	NNE 4	NNW 3	NNW 3	NNW 3	N 3	NW 3	NW 3	NNE 7	N 7	WNW 3	NW 3	NW 3	NW 3	NW 3	NW 3	NNW 3	NW 3	NW 3	WNW 3	WSW 3	W 4
kJ	1	3	4	15	4	6	3	5	2	2	26	92	3	2	2	1	1	2	3	4	5	5	4	1
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	7	16	16	0	16	16	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	16	16	16	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	2	3	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	5	5	5	5	3	3	4	5	5	5
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	4	5	5	7	5

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