Sawtell Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.37° S 153.10° E

Sawtell 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 am 08 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 (08 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Sep, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 8s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 8s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Sep, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 9s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Sawtell at 6AM is: 1.6m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:00am September 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Sep)6ft (1.8m)8s
Afternoon (08 Sep)7ft (2.1m)8s
Evening (08 Sep)6ft (1.9m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Very mild (max 18°C on Tue morning, min 12°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue night, fresh winds from the SSW by Wed night).

Tuesday
8
Wednesday
9
Thursday
10
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)
2
1
1
0
0
2
2
4
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
0
1
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
SSE
9
1.4
SSE
9
1.7
SSE
9
1.9
SSE
8
1.9
SSE
8
2.1
SSE
9
2.1
SSE
9
2.2
S
9
1.7
SSE
9
1.6
SSE
9
1.5
SSE
8
1.4
SE
8
1.4
SE
9
1.4
SE
9
1.3
SE
9
1.3
SE
8
2.3
SSE
7
2.5
SSE
8
3
SSE
9
2.5
SSE
9
2.5
SSE
10
2.5
SSE
10
2.5
SSE
9
2.5
SSE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
181
281
453
408
480
631
660
783
439
386
330
295
293
268
238
232
543
931
1266
1208
1163
1267
1026
999
Wind (km/h)
10
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
25
S
20
S
20
S
15
SSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
5
E
15
E
10
ESE
20
S
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
25
SSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
5:41AM1.03m
5:57PM1.65m
6:31AM1.15m
6:45PM1.69m
7:16AM1.26m
7:28PM1.68m
Low Tide
11:56PM0.16m
11:21AM0.20m
00:41AM0.07m
12:17PM0.13m
1:21AM0.01m
1:06PM0.07m
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:54
5:54
5:52
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:35
5:36
5:36
 mm
1
2
1
1
2
1
Temp °C
17
15
15
18
17
18
17
15
13
12
13
17
18
18
16
16
14
14
13
16
16
16
16
14
Feels °C
16
11
11
13
12
13
13
12
10
10
11
16
15
16
12
11
8
7
7
10
11
10
10
8
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