Sawtell-The Island 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 30.37° S 153.11° E

Issued: 3 am 30 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Sawtell-The Island sea temperature is

20.2°C

Sawtell-The Island 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-The Island today (30 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (30 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 16s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 16s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 15s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Sawtell-The Island at 9AM is: 0.6m 16s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.8m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am September 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (30 Sep)	2ft (0.6m)	16s
Afternoon (30 Sep)	2ft (0.6m)	16s
Evening (30 Sep)	1.5ft (0.5m)	15s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 23°C on Fri morning, min 14°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.
	Wednesday 30								Thursday 1								Friday 2
	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	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	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	SSE 18	SSE 17	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 15	SSE 11	SSE 14	ENE 8	SSE 11	SSE 11	NE 5	NE 5	NE 6	ENE 6	NE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	ENE 7
Wave Graph
kJ	107	178	229	214	206	198	137	128	69	70	47	44	48	56	60	59	40	33	21	27	55	96	139	145
Wind (km/h)	NW	WNW	NW	NNE	NE	NE	NNE	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	NNE	NE	NE	N	N	N	N	N	NNE	NE	NNE	NNE	N
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross-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-on
High Tide					10:09AM1.59m				10:26PM1.15m				10:59AM1.55m				11:21PM1.02m				11:59AM1.50m
Low Tide		3:39AM0.07m					4:38PM0.16m				4:20AM0.14m				5:38PM0.24m				5:08AM0.23m				6:51PM0.30m


	—	5:28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:24	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	5:46	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:47	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:47	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	16	15	15	19	20	19	17	16	15	14	14	20	22	20	17	16	15	14	15	21	23	21	18	17
Feels °C	15	14	14	16	15	14	13	14	12	11	11	17	18	16	14	13	12	12	13	18	19	17	15	15
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	ENE 8	ENE 8	E 8	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SE 11	ENE 6	NE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	SSE 10	E 7	SSE 10	SE 10
kJ	107	105	98	96	92	99	101	65	69	45	47	30	48	51	48	30	40	33	21	27	9	25	9	4
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 7	E 7	E 7	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 16	E 8	E 8	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 15	—	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	SSE 10	S 15	SSE 10	S 14	—
kJ	60	49	54	214	206	198	137	29	29	64	45	44	21	—	12	24	20	19	20	10	4	9	4	—
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 16	SSE 18	SSE 17	E 8	—	E 13	ENE 8	SSE 15	NE 4	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	—	—	—	—	SE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	48	178	229	45	—	3	20	128	10	70	40	38	—	—	—	—	29	22	11	—	—	—	—	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	ENE 8	ENE 4	ENE 4	NE 4	NW 3	NNW 3	NNW 3	N 3	NE 4	NE 5	NE 5	NE 6	NNW 3	NNW 3	N 3	N 3	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	ENE 7
kJ	—	—	—	—	60	29	29	15	2	1	3	5	22	56	60	59	3	3	5	6	55	96	139	145
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1
Distance (km)	0	0	0	16	200	249	16	7	7	10	10	16	390	416	16	16	10	19	106	16	444	353	231	231
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3			2	2	2	2	2	1			1	1	2	1	1	2				2
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	7	6	6	5	5	3	2	4	4
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