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) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 7s period with NE 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 6PM is: 0.8m 7s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am July 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 Jul)	1.5ft (0.5m)	10s
Afternoon (02 Jul)	2.5ft (0.8m)	7s
Evening (02 Jul)	1.5ft (0.4m)	10s

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

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	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 24°C on Fri morning, min 11°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.
	Thursday 2						Friday 3								Saturday 4								Sun 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)	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	2	2	2	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 10	E 10	NE 7	NE 7	NE 6	ESE 10	ESE 10	E 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	NE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	S 7	S 7	S 8	SSE 7	S 8	SSE 12	SSE 11	S 10
Wave Graph
kJ	54	54	73	52	51	33	33	38	73	73	130	71	61	54	41	41	51	181	176	45	102	106	117	154
Wind (km/h)	NNW	N	N	NNW	NNW	NW	WNW	NW	NNW	NNW	W	SSW	SW	WSW	SW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSE	SSE	S	SW	SW	SW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	glassy	cross-off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	off	off	off
High Tide		9:30AM0.99m				9:44PM1.57m					10:10AM1.00m				10:19PM1.54m				10:52AM1.02m				10:54PM1.49m
Low Tide				3:05PM0.23m					4:27AM0.18m			3:44PM0.26m					5:03AM0.17m				4:25PM0.31m


	6:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:43
	—	—	—	4:58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:59	—	—	—	4:59
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	16	18	20	21	19	17	16	16	17	21	24	22	18	16	14	12	12	14	15	15	14	13	12	12
Feels °C	14	15	17	18	18	15	15	14	15	20	23	19	13	12	11	9	9	12	13	12	12	10	9	8
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 6	E 10	NE 7	NE 7	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	E 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	E 7	SSE 7	SSE 8	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 12	SSE 11	S 10
kJ	54	54	73	52	51	33	32	38	73	73	78	71	61	54	41	41	38	86	101	45	34	106	117	154
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 10	S 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	NE 6	—	E 7	—	ESE 12	E 10	E 10	ESE 10	E 11	E 14	E 7	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 12	E 11	E 8
kJ	52	2	38	37	34	33	33	12	—	40	—	28	8	17	33	20	15	28	29	30	29	93	85	31
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	ESE 10	—	ESE 10	E 12	E 12	E 15	E 14	E 11	ESE 13	ESE 12	SSE 8	SSE 13	S 7	—	ESE 11
kJ	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	20	—	9	11	11	4	16	10	58	52	22	56	32	—	39
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNW 3	NNE 7	NNW 3	N 4	NNW 3	NNW 3	NW 3	NW 3	NW 3	NNW 3	NE 7	—	—	SW 3	SSW 3	S 3	S 7	S 7	S 8	—	S 8	—	S 6	SSW 4
kJ	6	107	7	9	4	3	2	2	2	2	130	—	—	4	4	5	51	181	176	—	102	—	18	20
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	2
Distance (km)	16	16	16	16	0	0	0	0	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	3
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Rating (10 max)	4	9	4	4	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	3	3	1	4	4	4	5	4	5	2	5	5	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	4	9	8	7	6	6	6	8	9	9	9	9	8	5	5	5	5	5	7	4	5	5	5

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