Sawtell surf break

Sawtell surfForecast / NSW – Port Macquarie / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Thursday 09 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
25.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Sawtell today?

The current surf forecast for Sawtell at 1PM is: 0.9m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)3ft (0.9m)9s
Afternoon (09 Apr)3ft (0.9m)9s
Evening (09 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)10s

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


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
2
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.6
ENE
0.7
E
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.9
E
0.9
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.4
E
Period(s) (?)9999910141313141313131212121313131314141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)139136133130134130156176184189276272389359353359420413407499553622595670
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
5
E
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NNE
15
N
15
N
15
N
15
N
15
NNE
20
NE
25
NNE
20
N
15
N
15
N
15
N
15
NNW
10
N
15
NE
15
SSE
15
S
15
S
15
S
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassononcross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:55PM
0.80
1:31AM
1.23
2:22PM
0.80
2:41AM
1.24
3:42PM
0.85
3:44AM
1.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:26AM
0.47
6:21PM
0.48
8:44AM
0.46
7:38PM
0.51
9:52AM
0.40
9:00PM
0.50
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
Sunrise6:01-------6:01-------6:03-------
Sunset---5:35-------5:34-------5:32----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202425242222212020252826232323212128302422212119
Feels °C (?)212626242423222120252725222323212128302422212118
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