Sawtell 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 30.37° S 153.10° E

Issued: 4 pm 27 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Sawtell sea temperature is

20.5°C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Sawtell today (28 Oct):

Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 9s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 9s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Sawtell at 12AM is: 1.1m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.9m 7s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (28 Oct)	-	-
Afternoon (28 Oct)	3.5ft (1.0m)	9s
Evening (28 Oct)	3ft (0.9m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 22°C on Wed afternoon, min 16°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.
	Tue 27				Wednesday 28								Thursday 29
	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	ENE 7	E 7	SSE 8	E 7	E 7	E 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 16	SSE 12	SSE 11
Wave Graph
kJ	188	143	113	110	73	72	54	54	37	48	42	43	32	47	79	73	52	47	109	214
Wind (km/h)	E	NE	NNE	N	NW	WSW	WSW	SSE	E	ENE	N	NW	SW	SW	SSW	SSE	ESE	E	E	NW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	off	off	cross	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-off	off	off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	on	glassy	glassy
High Tide				9:40PM1.24m				10:05AM1.74m				10:28PM1.15m				10:53AM1.73m
Low Tide		3:51PM0.03m				3:32AM0.03m				4:42PM0.04m				4:14AM0.08m					5:37PM0.09m


	—	—	—	—	—	5:56	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:54	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	7:05	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:06	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:06	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	18	19	18	18	17	17	18	21	22	21	19	18	16	16	18	20	21	20	19	18
Feels °C	17	19	17	18	17	17	17	20	19	19	17	17	13	13	16	19	19	18	19	18
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 9	SSE 9	ENE 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	SSE 8	SSE 8	ENE 7	ENE 7	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 11
kJ	188	143	65	74	57	44	43	44	37	35	42	43	32	47	79	73	52	40	41	214
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 7	E 7	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	E 12	E 12	SSE 8	SSE 8	E 7	E 9	E 9	E 8	E 8	E 8	SSE 12	ENE 8
kJ	83	83	111	77	73	72	54	54	3	3	32	32	26	40	39	35	34	33	109	21
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	NNE 6	NE 10	E 12	E 11	E 9	E 11	S 17	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 16	E 8	SSE 16
kJ	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	14	4	3	2	15	2	6	25	48	47	33	87
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	ENE 7	ENE 7	NNE 6	—	—	SSW 3	E 7	ENE 7	NE 6	NE 3	—	—	—	—	ESE 2	E 3	E 3	ENE 3
kJ	—	—	113	110	23	—	—	1	33	48	18	2	—	—	—	—	1	2	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Distance (km)	16	16	7	7	0	0	0	2	108	16	7	0	0	0	0	2	200	199	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1			3	4
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Rating (10 max)	3	4	4	4	1	3	3	3	3	1	2	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	5	5	5	6	4	4	7	5	7	4	6	5	5	5	4	6	6	5	8

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