Sawtell Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.37° S 153.10° E

Sawtell 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 13 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Sawtell sea temperature is
20.0° C
0.2° 

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


How big are the waves at Sawtell today (13 Jul):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Sawtell at 10PM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm July 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jul)--
Afternoon (13 Jul)1.5ft (0.5m)8s
Evening (13 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Very mild (max 17°C on Wed morning, min 10°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue afternoon, fresh winds from the SSW by Thu morning).

Mon
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thu
16
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
7 AM
10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
2
1
1
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
S
8
0.5
S
8
0.4
SSE
9
0.4
SSE
9
0.3
S
8
0.3
S
8
0.2
E
10
0.2
E
10
0.2
S
8
0.2
S
7
0.2
S
7
0.4
SSE
7
0.4
SSE
7
0.4
SSE
7
0.2
E
10
1.1
S
7
1.5
S
7
2
SSE
7
2.2
SSE
8
2.2
SSE
8
2.1
SSE
9
2.1
SSE
8
2.2
SSE
8
2.1
SSE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
33
29
26
26
12
11
8
8
5
4
4
16
17
16
7
104
238
415
540
599
647
575
540
495
Wind (km/h)
10
ENE
15
NE
10
N
10
WNW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
5
SSW
10
SSE
10
ESE
5
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
10
SW
15
SW
20
SSW
25
S
30
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
Wind State
on
on
cross
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
glassy
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
7:15PM1.83m
7:44AM1.08m
8:06PM1.88m
8:36AM1.12m
8:55PM1.88m
9:26AM1.15m
Low Tide
12:30PM0.07m
2:04AM0.01m
1:24PM0.03m
2:53AM-0.03m
2:15PM0.02m
3:39AM-0.04m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
rain showers
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:41
6:41
6:41
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:02
5:02
5:04
5:04
 mm
1
Temp °C
16
16
14
13
12
11
10
14
16
16
15
14
14
13
12
14
17
17
16
14
13
14
14
15
Feels °C
14
13
12
10
9
8
6
11
13
13
13
11
11
10
8
9
12
11
10
8
8
9
8
9
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