Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Sawtell today (12 Sep):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (12 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 9s period with SSE swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 9s period with SSE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 7s period with ESE swell.
The current surf forecast for Sawtell at 5AM is: 1.0m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.9m 7s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm September 11). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (12 Sep) | 3ft (0.9m) | 9s |
| Afternoon (12 Sep) | 3ft (0.9m) | 9s |
| Evening (12 Sep) | 3ft (0.9m) | 7s |
Table - waves today at Sawtell. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Warm (max 21°C on Mon morning, min 14°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||
Fri 11 | Saturday 12 | Sunday 13 | ||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | S 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 19 | ESE 7 | SSE 11 | SSE 21 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | E 8 | SSE 9 | SE 9 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 289 | 235 | 185 | 169 | 158 | 137 | 113 | 122 | 117 | 81 | 121 | 141 | 104 | 74 | 71 | 69 | 69 | 159 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-on | cross-on | glassy | glassy | glassy | glassy | on | on | on | cross-on | cross |
High Tide | 8:08PM1.62m | 8:36AM1.43m | 8:47PM1.52m | 9:14AM1.46m | 9:23PM1.39m | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 2:30AM-0.02m | 2:37PM0.07m | 3:02AM0.01m | 3:20PM0.12m | ||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | 5:50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:48 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:37 | — | — |
mm | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 17 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 16 |
Feels °C | 16 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 14 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | S 9 | ESE 7 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | SSE 10 | SSE 9 | E 7 | SE 9 |
| kJ | 289 | 235 | 185 | 169 | 158 | 93 | 113 | 116 | 90 | 81 | 66 | 64 | 59 | 51 | 71 | 69 | 45 | 159 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 8 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | SSE 9 | SSE 19 | SSE 19 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 11 | SSE 11 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 18 | SSE 18 | SSE 9 | S 18 |
| kJ | 138 | 114 | 104 | 86 | 84 | 137 | 72 | 122 | 84 | 65 | 121 | 117 | 104 | 74 | 65 | 31 | 69 | 6 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 13 | E 14 | E 14 | E 14 | SSE 19 | SSE 19 | E 14 | E 12 | SSE 19 | SSE 12 | SSE 18 | SSE 21 | SSE 20 | SSE 19 | E 13 | E 13 | SSE 17 | E 13 |
| kJ | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 36 | 35 | 16 | 12 | 117 | 57 | 62 | 141 | 75 | 73 | 13 | 13 | 27 | 3 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ESE 6 | E 8 | NE 3 | NE 4 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | 84 | 84 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 37 | 55 | 5 | 19 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 108 | 108 | 7 | 7 |
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