Sawtell 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 30.37° S 153.10° E

Issued: 9 am 13 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Sawtell sea temperature is

20.3°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 (13 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (13 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 9s period with SE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 9s period with SE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 9s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Sawtell at 3PM is: 0.9m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 18s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am September 13). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (13 Sep)	3.5ft (1.0m)	9s
Afternoon (13 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	9s
Evening (13 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 23°C on Tue morning, min 14°C on Sun night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Sunday 13						Monday 14								Tuesday 15
	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	0	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 Period (s)	SSE 10	SE 9	SSE 9	SE 9	SSE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SSE 12	SSE 11	SSE 11	SE 11	SSE 11	SSE 10	SE 10	SE 10	NE 5	NNE 6	NE 6
Wave Graph
kJ	104	163	69	132	69	129	114	138	113	90	94	90	84	79	56	44	41	24	31	58	175	62
Wind (km/h)	WNW	NE	ENE	NE	NNE	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNE	NE	NE	N	N	NNW	NNW	N	NNE	NE	NNE	N	NNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	on	on	on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross
High Tide		9:14AM1.46m				9:23PM1.39m				9:52AM1.47m				10:00PM1.25m					10:30AM1.44m
Low Tide				3:20PM0.12m				3:32AM0.06m					4:03PM0.19m				4:02AM0.14m				4:48PM0.28m


	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:47	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	5:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:38	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	14	18	19	18	16	15	14	14	14	19	21	20	17	16	14	14	15	21	23	23	21	21
Feels °C	13	16	16	14	13	13	12	12	12	16	16	15	14	14	12	12	13	18	19	19	19	20
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 7	SE 9	SSE 9	SE 9	E 7	SE 9	SE 9	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SSE 12	SSE 11	ENE 5	ENE 5	ENE 5	ENE 5	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	NE 6	NE 6
kJ	61	163	69	132	46	129	114	138	113	90	94	90	84	21	23	23	15	24	23	23	62	62
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 10	SSE 19	SSE 18	SSE 18	SSE 9	S 18	E 10	E 13	SSE 13	S 14	E 10	E 8	E 10	SSE 11	SE 11	SSE 11	SSE 10	E 9	E 9	E 10	SSE 10	SSE 10
kJ	104	73	65	31	69	6	2	3	17	14	7	6	7	79	56	44	41	2	2	2	18	9
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 20	E 13	E 13	E 13	SSE 17	E 11	E 13	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 12	E 16	E 16	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 16	E 15	E 14	E 14	E 14	E 15
kJ	75	13	13	13	28	2	3	2	2	2	3	5	5	6	2	2	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	ESE 7	ENE 3	NE 3	NE 4	—	—	—	N 2	NE 3	ENE 4	NE 5	NNW 3	NNW 3	NNW 3	N 3	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NNE 6	NNE 6
kJ	—	—	42	3	5	10	—	—	—	1	8	31	32	3	1	1	3	21	31	58	175	175
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1
Distance (km)	0	16	108	199	16	7	7	7	7	16	249	390	16	16	7	7	7	16	416	380	124	19
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Rating (10 max)	2	2			2	2	2	2	2	2			1	1	2	1	1	2			2	1
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	6	4	1	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
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Rating (10 max)	9	9	9	8	7	6	5	6	5	5	6	6	5	6	6	6	9	5	5	5	5	5

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