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 10 am Saturday 18 Oct 2025 AEDT

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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 21.1° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

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

The current surf forecast for Sawtell-The Island at 4PM is: 0.6m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00am October 18). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Oct)	2.5ft (0.8m)	6s
Afternoon (18 Oct)	2ft (0.6m)	7s
Evening (18 Oct)	2ft (0.6m)	8s

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

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	Saturday 18						Sunday 19								Monday 20								Tue 21
	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)	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	ENE	SE	E	E	E	E	ENE	NE	ENE	ENE	E	NE
Period(s) (?)	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	6	6	6	6	8	6	8	8	8	8	4	5	6	6	6	6
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	66	48	38	44	47	48	49	48	135	83	70	62	85	45	58	60	61	48	49	115	93	94	40	52
Wind (km/h)	SSW	SSE	SSE	S	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SE	ESE	ENE	NNE	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	NE	NE	NNE	N	N	N	N
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)	7:01AM 1.21				7:02PM 1.37				7:37AM 1.32				7:39PM 1.34					8:09AM 1.41				8:14PM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)			12:56PM 0.29				1:24AM 0.13				1:39PM 0.25				1:52AM 0.11					2:18PM 0.21				2:19AM 0.11

	Saturday 18						Sunday 19								Monday 20								Tue 21
Sunrise	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	20	20	20	19	18	17	17	18	20	21	20	18	17	16	16	18	24	25	24	20	19	18	18
Feels °C (?)	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	17	19	20	19	17	17	15	15	17	21	22	21	18	18	16	17

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Port Macquarie

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Sawtell-The Island (moderate winds from the S at Coffs Harbour Airport 6 km from Sawtell-The Island). 1.1m 5s windswell from the S with a 0.7m 7s swell from the ENE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 27 minutes ago Sawtell-The Island

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1 h 27 min ago

22 km/h

Cross-Off

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