Sawtell Surf Forecast

/ NSW – Port Macquarie (37 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /

Australia (828 breaks) / Lat Long: (30.37° S 153.10° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Sawtell surfForecast / NSW – Port Macquarie / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Monday 17 Nov 2025 AEDT

Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent

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 20.3° C
(Which is 2.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Sawtell today?

The current surf forecast for Sawtell at 10PM is: 0.4m 7s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm November 17). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Nov)	-	-
Afternoon (17 Nov)	2ft (0.6m)	8s
Evening (17 Nov)	3ft (0.9m)	4s

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

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	Monday 17				Tuesday 18								Wednesday 19								Thursday 20
	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	8 AM	11 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	NE	NE	SSE	NE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	E	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE
Period(s) (?)	8	7	4	7	6	7	7	7	6	8	9	9	8	8	10	10	4	5	6	6	6	6	6	6
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	35	27	18	16	60	108	99	70	45	20	77	80	55	33	50	111	37	76	72	80	165	60	53	71
Wind (km/h)	SW	SSW	SSE	S	WSW	WSW	SW	SE	E	ENE	NNE	N	NNW	N	N	NNE	NE	NNE	NNE	N	N	N	N	NNE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			7:07PM 1.14				7:41AM 1.46				7:46PM 1.11					8:13AM 1.52				8:23PM 1.08				8:46AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)	1:24PM 0.32				1:08AM 0.17					2:04PM 0.27			1:39AM 0.17					2:43PM 0.23				2:10AM 0.18

	Monday 17				Tuesday 18								Wednesday 19								Thursday 20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-
Sunset	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:23	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	28	28	21	19	17	16	19	21	22	22	20	19	17	16	19	24	25	23	21	20	18	18	20	26
Feels °C (?)	27	27	19	18	17	15	19	20	20	19	18	18	16	15	17	22	21	20	19	19	17	17	19	25

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