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 10 am Wednesday 19 Nov 2025 AEDT

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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 20.2° C
(Which is 2.1°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Sawtell today?

The current surf forecast for Sawtell at 1PM is: 1.1m 4s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am November 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (19 Nov)	1.5ft (0.4m)	10s
Afternoon (19 Nov)	4ft (1.2m)	4s
Evening (19 Nov)	3.5ft (1.1m)	6s

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

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	Wednesday 19						Thursday 20								Friday 21								Sat 22
	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)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	1	2	2	2	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ENE	E	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	NE	NE	NE	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Period(s) (?)	10	10	4	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	10	6	6	6	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	11	11
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	33	48	40	84	80	85	73	58	40	61	66	124	109	64	172	175	341	327	303	298	308	314	348	342
Wind (km/h)	N	NE	NE	NE	NNE	N	N	N	N	NNE	NE	NNE	NNE	N	WSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSE	S	S	SSW	SW	SW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		8:13AM 1.52				8:23PM 1.08				8:46AM 1.56				9:00PM 1.05				9:20AM 1.57				9:37PM 1.01
Low Tide / height (m)				2:43PM 0.23				2:10AM 0.18				3:20PM 0.20				2:42AM 0.19				3:58PM 0.20				3:16AM 0.22

	Wednesday 19						Thursday 20								Friday 21								Sat 22
Sunrise	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	1	-	1	2	2	-	-
Temp. °C	20	24	24	23	20	19	18	18	20	26	27	26	22	22	20	20	20	21	23	22	21	20	20	20
Feels °C (?)	19	22	20	19	17	17	16	17	19	25	25	24	21	22	21	20	19	21	23	22	22	21	22	21

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