Sawtell 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 30.37° S 153.10° E

Issued: 4 am 02 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Sawtell sea temperature is

20.4°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 (02 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Nov, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 10s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 6s period with ENE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Nov, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 6s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Sawtell at 10AM is: 0.6m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am November 02). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (02 Nov)	1ft (0.3m)	10s
Afternoon (02 Nov)	1.5ft (0.5m)	6s
Evening (02 Nov)	2ft (0.6m)	6s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Warm (max 25°C on Tue afternoon, min 18°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.
	Monday 2								Tuesday 3								Wednesday 4								Thu 5
	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	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 6	NE 6	SSE 10	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	SSE 10	E 6	E 6	E 6	ENE 6	E 6	NE 5	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	S 6	SSE 6	S 6	S 7	E 8	ENE 8
Wave Graph
kJ	39	39	20	25	20	19	31	25	18	18	41	24	37	65	98	78	83	75	66	47	26	39	25	43	31	35
Wind (km/h)	SW	SSW	SSW	S	SE	E	ENE	NE	NW	N	NNW	N	N	N	NNW	NW	WNW	SSW	SSW	SSE	E	E	NNE	N	NW	WNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	glassy	cross-on	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	on	glassy	cross	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide		2:56AM0.93m				3:06PM1.44m				4:13AM1.00m				4:14PM1.40m					5:17AM1.12m				5:14PM1.36m
Low Tide				8:20AM0.40m				10:09PM0.20m				9:46AM0.42m					11:05PM0.17m				11:03AM0.38m				11:51PM0.13m


	—	5:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48
	—	—	—	—	—	7:08	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:10	—	—	—	7:12
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	19	18	20	22	22	22	20	20	19	18	19	24	25	24	21	19	19	18	20	22	23	22	21	19	18	19
Feels °C	19	17	20	22	22	23	22	22	20	19	19	23	24	22	20	18	18	16	19	22	22	22	23	19	18	17
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	ENE 6	E 6	ENE 6	SSE 9	SSE 9	NE 6	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	S 6	SSE 6	S 6	S 7	S 6	ENE 8
kJ	39	39	13	25	20	19	25	25	18	17	19	24	11	8	8	78	83	75	66	47	26	39	25	43	29	35
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 11	SSE 11	ENE 6	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 5	SSE 5	SSE 5	SSE 9	SSE 9	S 6	—	SSE 9	S 9	S 9	S 8	S 5	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	E 8	E 8	S 6
kJ	23	22	14	20	19	19	31	18	9	5	4	17	16	1	—	8	6	1	1	8	19	20	20	31	31	18
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 11	E 11	SSE 10	E 11	E 10	E 10	S 6	S 5	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 4	—	—	—	S 17	S 16	S 16	S 13	S 8	NE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NE 6	S 13	S 12
kJ	2	2	20	2	2	2	3	5	18	18	18	2	—	—	—	5	5	5	4	1	11	4	4	2	3	3
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	SW 2	SSW 3	S 4	SSE 4	SE 4	SE 4	—	—	—	ENE 6	NNE 2	NE 5	NE 5	NE 6	NW 3	NW 3	WNW 3	W 3	SSW 5	E 2	—	—	—	—	WNW 2
kJ	—	2	6	9	4	3	5	—	—	—	41	1	37	65	98	7	5	3	1	31	1	—	—	—	—	1
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	2	0	0	249	199	0	2	0	16	7	283	249	449	226	26	0	2	16	2	199	16	0	7	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1			1	1	1	1	1				2	2	2	1	1	1		1	1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	1	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	1	1	4	4	1
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5

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