Sawtell Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.37° S 153.10° E

Sawtell 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 am 05 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Sawtell sea temperature is
20.3°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 (05 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 11s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 10s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Sawtell at 10AM is: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:00am September 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Afternoon (05 Sep)1ft (0.3m)11s
Evening (05 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Warm (max 27°C on Sat morning, min 15°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Saturday
5
Sunday
6
Monday
7
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
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
3
4
3
3
3
0
0
1
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
SSE
10
0.7
SSE
10
0.6
SSE
9
0.5
S
9
0.3
SSE
12
0.9
NE
4
0.5
S
10
0.8
N
6
0.4
SSE
9
0.4
SSE
9
0.3
E
10
0.3
E
10
0.8
ESE
10
1.4
SSE
5
1.9
SSE
7
2.1
SSE
8
2.2
S
8
2.1
S
8
1.8
SSE
10
1.7
SSE
10
1.5
SSE
10
1.4
SSE
10
1.3
SSE
9
1.3
SSE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
112
98
64
39
27
31
53
39
29
28
18
17
120
105
348
555
643
626
650
584
446
378
280
268
Wind (km/h)
5
WNW
5
W
5
NW
10
NNE
20
NE
20
NNE
15
N
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
W
10
SSE
20
SE
25
SSE
20
S
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
S
15
SE
15
ESE
10
SE
0
S
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross
cross
off
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross
glassy
High Tide
1:47AM0.90m
2:42PM1.42m
3:19AM0.88m
3:58PM1.48m
4:39AM0.94m
5:03PM1.57m
Low Tide
7:35AM0.32m
9:46PM0.35m
8:58AM0.33m
11:00PM0.26m
10:16AM0.28m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:58
5:58
5:56
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:32
5:34
5:34
 mm
Temp °C
16
15
16
23
27
24
22
22
23
22
22
24
24
20
18
16
15
15
15
19
19
19
18
18
Feels °C
16
14
14
20
23
21
21
20
20
19
19
22
20
15
14
13
12
12
12
17
16
17
17
18
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