Sawtell 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 30.37° S 153.10° E

Issued: 4 pm 06 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Sawtell sea temperature is

21.3°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 (06 Nov):

Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 9s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 9s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Sawtell at 9PM is: 1.3m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm November 06). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (06 Nov)	-	-
Afternoon (06 Nov)	4.5ft (1.3m)	9s
Evening (06 Nov)	4.5ft (1.3m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 25°C on Sat afternoon, min 13°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NE on Sat morning, strong winds from the S by Sun afternoon).
	Fri 6				Saturday 7								Sunday 8								Mon 9
	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	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	3	4
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	ENE 5	NE 6	NNE 6	E 9	S 6	S 7	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	S 9	S 10
Wave Graph
kJ	326	266	255	194	186	122	99	76	75	59	52	100	40	255	423	507	907	1586	1461	1119	1526	1222
Wind (km/h)	E	NE	NNE	N	N	NNW	NNW	NE	ENE	NE	N	NW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	SW	SW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	on	on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off
High Tide			6:54PM1.27m				7:31AM1.48m				7:37PM1.22m					8:07AM1.55m				8:17PM1.17m
Low Tide	1:02PM0.27m				1:05AM0.10m				1:49PM0.22m				1:38AM0.10m					2:31PM0.18m				2:09AM0.11m


	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:47	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:47
	—	7:13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:14	—	—	—	7:15
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	21	20	19	19	17	16	18	24	25	24	21	20	18	16	16	17	18	19	16	14	14	13
Feels °C	18	17	18	18	16	15	17	23	23	23	22	20	14	11	11	11	11	10	9	8	9	8
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	NE 6	NE 6	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 10	E 10	SSE 9	SSE 9
kJ	326	266	255	194	186	122	99	76	75	48	33	45	23	41	41	41	60	56	33	47	890	680
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	E 14	E 8	E 8	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	N 12	E 9	E 9	E 9	NE 6	E 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	E 10	E 10
kJ	50	4	35	35	36	36	36	37	41	3	40	40	40	6	24	6	6	6	6	5	47	30
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 13	NNE 6	E 14	E 13	E 13	NE 4	E 13	E 14	—	NE 12	N 12	SSE 7	E 12	E 12	NNE 6	NNE 12	NNE 6	—	—	—	NE 12	NE 11
kJ	4	8	4	3	3	2	3	4	—	6	3	31	12	11	3	15	3	—	—	—	5	5
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	E 8	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNW 2	N 3	NNE 4	NE 4	ENE 5	NE 6	NNE 6	S 4	S 6	S 7	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	S 9	S 10
kJ	—	90	8	8	24	1	6	9	16	59	52	100	37	255	423	507	907	1586	1461	1119	1526	1222
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	2	1	1	4	4	4	4
Distance (km)	141	199	7	7	7	7	7	7	286	124	7	0	143	189	76	108	444	444	189	30	2	0
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Rating (10 max)			2	2	2	2	1	1		1	1	2		3	3				4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	1	3	2	3	5	5	5	2	3	3	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	8	8	7	6	7	5	5	5	5	9	8	8	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	6	4

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