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Sawtell surfForecast / NSW – Port Macquarie / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Saturday 03 Jan 2026 AEDT
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Sawtell surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Sawtell sea temperature is
23.2° C
 (Which is 1.4°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Sawtell today?

The current surf forecast for Sawtell at 1PM is: 1.0m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00am January 03). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Jan)3ft (0.9m)9s
Afternoon (03 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)8s
Evening (03 Jan)3ft (0.9m)8s

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

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Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tue
06
8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
1
SE
1
SE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
E
0.4
ESE
1.2
NE
1.1
NE
1
NE
0.4
SE
0.9
NE
Period(s) (?)998888888888887779956696
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11612414213812995776059594639282827261923256867712350
Wind
(km/h)
0
WNW
10
E
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NNE
10
N
15
N
15
NNW
10
N
10
NE
25
NE
15
N
10
NNW
15
N
10
NNW
15
N
10
NNW
10
NE
20
NE
15
NE
10
NNW
5
W
5
N
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassonononcross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		oncross-
on		crosscross-
off		crossoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:42AM
1.86
9:10PM
1.08
9:31AM
1.89
10:00PM
1.09
10:18AM
1.86
10:49PM
1.10
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:30PM
-0.00
2:48AM
0.03
4:18PM
-0.02
3:37AM
0.04
5:04PM
-0.01
4:25AM
0.09
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tue
06
Sunrise5:50-------5:50-------5:50-------
Sunset---7:52-------7:52-------7:52----
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
rain showers
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
mod rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
----11-----11-------6---
Temp. °C202222232221202020252623212020202125272522212020
Feels °C (?)222221222222202121262423232021202226262624232222
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