Sawtell 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 30.37° S 153.10° E

Issued: 9 am 09 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Sawtell sea temperature is

20.0°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 (09 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 8s period with SE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 9s period with SE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 8s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Sawtell at 4PM is: 1.3m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am September 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (09 Sep)	4.5ft (1.4m)	8s
Afternoon (09 Sep)	4.5ft (1.4m)	9s
Evening (09 Sep)	4.5ft (1.3m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Very mild (max 18°C on Wed morning, min 14°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (light winds from the ENE on Wed morning, fresh winds from the SSW by Wed night).
	Wednesday 9						Thursday 10								Friday 11
	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	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	2	2	3	1	1	2	3
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 8	SE 8	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 8	SSE 6	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 10	S 10	SSE 9	S 9	S 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 10	SSE 9	SE 8	SSE 10	SSE 10
Wave Graph
kJ	295	295	293	262	238	205	310	804	1101	1132	1135	1402	835	1102	1088	567	510	1018	433	410	282	644
Wind (km/h)	WNW	ENE	E	E	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	S	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	S	SSE	SSE	S	SSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	on	on	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide	6:31AM1.15m				6:45PM1.69m					7:16AM1.26m				7:28PM1.68m				7:57AM1.35m				8:08PM1.62m
Low Tide			12:17PM0.13m					1:21AM0.01m				1:06PM0.07m				1:57AM-0.02m				1:53PM0.05m


	5:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:52	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	5:36	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:36	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:37	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	—
Temp °C	13	18	18	18	17	16	15	14	14	16	17	16	15	15	14	14	14	17	17	17	16	16
Feels °C	12	17	15	16	14	13	9	8	8	10	12	12	11	11	10	9	10	13	14	15	15	15
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 8	SE 8	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 8	ESE 11	ESE 11	E 15	S 23	SE 23	SSE 10	SSE 23	SSE 9	SSE 9	ESE 8	ESE 8	SSE 9	SSE 9	E 13	SSE 10	SSE 10
kJ	295	295	293	262	238	205	48	68	4	11	21	961	52	673	629	87	63	466	433	4	282	240
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 16	E 16	E 14	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 12	E 16	E 16	S 18	E 15	E 15	SSE 23	E 15	SSE 22	SSE 21	SSE 20	SSE 20	ESE 7	ESE 7	S 21	ESE 8	ESE 7
kJ	5	5	4	18	16	28	5	5	24	4	4	52	4	99	86	78	39	69	67	9	138	104
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 16	—	E 16	E 16	E 16	E 16	E 16	E 16	E 15	S 18	E 15	E 15	NE 15	E 15	E 15	E 15	E 14	E 14	E 13	ENE 13	E 13	E 14
kJ	5	—	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	25	4	4	8	4	4	4	4	4	4	18	4	4
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	SE 8	SSW 4	SSE 6	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 10	S 10	SSE 9	S 9	S 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 10	—	SE 8	—	SSE 10
kJ	—	—	—	—	90	10	310	804	1101	1132	1135	1402	835	1102	1088	567	510	1018	—	410	—	644
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	4	2	2	2	3
Distance (km)	0	76	199	416	36	2	200	16	16	76	76	76	36	2	2	2	2	36	108	2	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	1		2	3		4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	6	6	2	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	7	6	6	6	4	4	9	6
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Rating (10 max)	6	9	9	9	9	9	7	7	9	6	5	5	5	9	8	8	9	9	5	5	9	9

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