Sawtell surf break

Sawtell surfForecast / NSW – Port Macquarie / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Tuesday 07 Apr 2026 AEST
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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
25.2° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Sawtell today?

The current surf forecast for Sawtell at 1AM is: 0.8m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm April 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Afternoon (08 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Evening (08 Apr)3ft (0.9m)10s

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


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Tue
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
2
2
2
1
1
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.5
E
0.8
E
0.6
ENE
0.7
E
0.7
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.9
E
Period(s) (?)9999991010101010999991510141313141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)106104104102102106118121122158148142139136133103110133156176184243232276
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
WNW
5
WSW
10
SSE
15
ESE
15
ESE
5
SE
5
WSW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
SE
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NNE
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
10
N
15
NNE
25
NE
30
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassononcross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:31PM
1.33
11:49AM
0.86
12:25AM
1.27
12:55PM
0.80
1:31AM
1.23
2:22PM
0.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:43PM
0.34
6:18AM
0.42
5:25PM
0.41
7:26AM
0.47
6:21PM
0.48
8:44AM
0.46
Tue
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sunrise----6:01-------6:01-------6:01---
Sunset-------5:36-------5:35-------5:34
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232221212125252422212020202325242221202020252726
Feels °C (?)232120202024242424232222222526242322212121252524
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