Sawtell 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 30.37° S 153.10° E

Issued: 4 am 03 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Sawtell sea temperature is

20.8°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 (03 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (03 Nov, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 10s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Nov, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 5s period with ENE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 5s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Sawtell at 9AM is: 0.3m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am November 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (03 Nov)	1ft (0.3m)	10s
Afternoon (03 Nov)	2ft (0.6m)	5s
Evening (03 Nov)	4.5ft (1.4m)	5s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 10mm), heaviest on Tue afternoon. Warm (max 24°C on Tue morning, min 15°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Wed morning, fresh winds from the SSE by Thu afternoon).
	Tuesday 3								Wednesday 4								Thursday 5								Fri 6
	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	2	3
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	ENE 6	E 6	NE 5	NE 6	ENE 7	ENE 7	NE 7	E 8	ENE 8	E 8	S 7	S 7	S 6	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 9	E 9	SSE 6	SSE 7	SSE 7	S 8
Wave Graph
kJ	25	18	18	17	27	16	119	112	47	37	28	29	20	30	57	43	27	31	32	33	38	38	226	195	181	405
Wind (km/h)	NW	N	NNW	NNE	NE	N	N	NNW	W	SW	S	ESE	E	E	NNE	NNW	WNW	WNW	SW	SE	SSE	SSE	S	SSW	SW	SW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	cross-on	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off
High Tide		4:13AM1.00m				4:14PM1.40m					5:17AM1.12m				5:14PM1.36m				6:09AM1.25m				6:07PM1.32m
Low Tide				9:46AM0.42m					11:05PM0.17m				11:03AM0.38m				11:51PM0.13m				12:07PM0.33m				00:30AM0.11m


	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48
	—	—	—	—	—	7:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:12	—	—	—	7:13
mm	—	—	—	—	1	5	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	18	18	19	24	22	20	20	20	19	18	20	22	23	22	20	19	19	20	22	24	22	20	19	17	16	15
Feels °C	19	19	20	24	20	19	19	19	19	17	20	22	22	22	21	19	18	17	20	22	19	15	16	15	14	14
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	SSE 9	E 6	SSE 9	NE 6	ENE 7	ENE 7	NE 7	NE 7	ENE 8	S 6	S 7	S 7	S 6	S 6	E 8	E 8	E 9	E 9	E 8	E 8	E 8	SSE 8
kJ	25	17	17	17	16	16	8	112	47	37	28	21	20	28	57	43	27	16	32	33	37	38	51	51	49	250
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 5	SSE 5	SSE 5	SSE 9	SSE 4	SSE 9	SE 4	SSE 9	NE 6	NE 7	E 7	E 8	NE 7	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	SSE 5	NE 6	NE 7	NE 6	NNE 6	E 15	E 15	E 8
kJ	5	5	4	17	2	8	1	8	31	21	28	29	12	30	31	19	19	31	9	11	11	6	4	4	4	50
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 4	E 12	SSE 5	S 17	S 17	SSE 9	S 9	—	S 8	S 5	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 7	NE 7	—	E 15	E 15	E 15	E 15	E 15	NE 6
kJ	18	18	18	2	3	2	6	5	8	1	—	1	5	10	6	6	6	11	11	—	4	4	4	4	4	1
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	ENE 6	ENE 4	NE 5	WNW 3	NNW 3	WNW 3	WSW 3	SSE 2	ESE 3	—	—	—	NW 2	WNW 2	WNW 3	S 5	SSE 4	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 7	SSE 7	S 8
kJ	—	—	—	—	27	13	119	1	8	4	1	1	3	—	—	—	1	1	1	11	38	159	226	195	181	405
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3
Distance (km)	0	16	16	16	478	192	231	26	0	0	0	102	199	208	7	7	0	0	0	23	108	231	76	0	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1				3	2	1	1	1			1	1	1	1	1				2	4	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	2	1	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	1	2	4	4	5	5	4	2	1	4	4	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	5	5	6	5	5

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