Sawtell-The Island Surf Forecast

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

Australia (828 breaks) / Lat Long: (30.37° S 153.11° E)

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Sawtell-The Island surfForecast / NSW – Port Macquarie / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 AEST

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Sawtell-The Island surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Sawtell-The Island sea temperature is 19.3° C
(Which is 1.1°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Sawtell-The Island today?

The current surf forecast for Sawtell-The Island at 7PM is: 0.9m 6s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (17 Sep)	3.5ft (1.0m)	6s
Evening (17 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	7s

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

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	Wednesday 17				Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
	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	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	NE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE
Period(s) (?)	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	33	74	68	67	47	37	30	21	33	33	30	23	34	40	53	52	42	91	71	58	32	45	46	32
Wind (km/h)	N	N	W	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	SE	ESE	ENE	N	NNW	NNW	NW	NNE	NE	NE	NNE	N	N	N	N	NNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)			4:57PM 1.48				5:38AM 1.01				5:49PM 1.52				6:23AM 1.11				6:32PM 1.54					7:02AM 1.21
Low Tide / height (m)	10:13AM 0.35				11:51PM 0.21				11:17AM 0.29				12:32AM 0.15				12:08PM 0.23					1:06AM 0.11

	Wednesday 17				Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-
Sunset	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:40	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	3	-
Temp. °C	30	27	26	20	18	16	17	19	20	19	17	17	17	15	15	20	22	21	18	18	17	18	17	20
Feels °C (?)	29	27	25	19	16	14	15	17	17	17	16	17	17	14	14	18	19	18	16	17	17	18	17	20

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Port Macquarie

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Sawtell-The Island (calm at Coffs Harbour Airport 6 km from Sawtell-The Island). 0.9m 6s windswell from the NE with a 0.2m 11s groundswell from the E. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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