Sawtell 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Surf Forecasts:

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

Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 10s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 11s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 10s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Sawtell at 8AM is: 0.5m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.6m 3s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 03:00am July 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (02 Jul)	1.5ft (0.5m)	10s
Afternoon (02 Jul)	1.5ft (0.4m)	11s
Evening (02 Jul)	1.5ft (0.4m)	10s

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 24°C on Fri morning, min 12°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.
	Thursday 2								Friday 3								Saturday 4
	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	1	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 6	ESE 10	E 10	E 10	NE 7	ESE 11	NE 7	ESE 10	ESE 10	E 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	S 7	S 7	ESE 12	SSE 8	SSE 13	SSE 11
Wave Graph
kJ	59	58	52	54	58	37	52	33	33	38	73	73	78	71	55	41	41	41	52	177	52	85	127	130
Wind (km/h)	N	N	NNW	N	N	NNW	NNW	NW	WNW	NW	NW	NNW	SSW	SW	SW	WSW	SW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSE	SSE	SSW	SW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	glassy	cross-off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	off
High Tide				9:30AM0.99m				9:44PM1.57m					10:10AM1.00m				10:19PM1.54m				10:52AM1.02m
Low Tide		3:52AM0.19m				3:05PM0.23m					4:27AM0.18m			3:44PM0.26m					5:03AM0.17m				4:25PM0.31m


	—	6:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:43	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	4:58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:59	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	16	16	16	18	19	21	18	17	16	16	16	21	24	22	18	15	13	12	12	13	15	15	14	13
Feels °C	14	14	14	15	16	19	16	15	15	14	14	19	22	17	14	12	10	9	9	11	13	12	12	10
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 10	ESE 10	NE 6	NE 6	NE 7	ESE 11	NE 7	NE 6	NE 6	E 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	S 7	SSE 7	SSE 8	SSE 8	S 7	SSE 11
kJ	34	58	46	43	52	37	52	33	25	38	73	73	78	71	55	41	41	41	52	84	36	85	32	130
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 7	S 12	E 10	E 10	E 11	S 11	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	NE 6	—	ESE 10	ESE 11	ESE 12	E 10	E 10	ESE 10	E 11	E 7	E 7	E 8	E 8	SSE 13	E 12
kJ	14	3	52	54	58	2	34	33	33	12	—	20	23	14	17	17	33	20	38	28	29	29	127	95
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 12	S 12	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	—	ESE 10	E 12	E 12	E 15	E 14	E 14	ESE 13	ESE 12	ESE 12	E 8	S 7
kJ	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	—	9	11	11	17	16	15	58	52	49	29	22
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 6	NNE 6	N 3	N 3	NNW 3	NNE 7	NNW 3	NNW 3	NNW 3	NW 3	NW 3	NW 3	WNW 3	—	—	SW 3	SSW 3	S 3	—	S 7	S 6	—	—	—
kJ	59	77	8	8	7	91	7	4	4	2	2	2	1	—	—	5	4	6	—	177	35	—	—	—
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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	2	1	1	1	2
Distance (km)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	0	0	0	0	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	1	2	3	3	2	2	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	2
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Rating (10 max)	1	2	4	6	2	8	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	3	5
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Rating (10 max)	5	4	5	4	9	8	7	6	6	5	8	7	9	8	9	7	4	5	5	5	5	7	6	6

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