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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Thursday 16 Apr 2026 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
23.8° 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 1PM is: 0.8m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.2m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)3ft (0.9m)10s
Afternoon (16 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Evening (16 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
2
!
!
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
1.4
NNE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
S
0.8
NNE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.2
SSE
1.7
S
1.8
SSE
2.2
S
2
SSE
2.2
SSE
3
S
3
S
2.2
SSE
Period(s) (?)1099996101099985881178899101213
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)137126968888110100726545443732222211270368671644833160122991569
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
5
SE
10
E
15
NE
20
N
10
NNW
10
WNW
5
W
10
W
0
WSW
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NNE
10
WNW
20
SW
30
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
15
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglassoncross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:51AM
1.46
7:25PM
1.54
7:35AM
1.43
8:05PM
1.66
8:20AM
1.37
8:48PM
1.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:08PM
-0.03
1:36AM
0.07
1:44PM
-0.05
2:25AM
0.02
2:21PM
-0.04
3:16AM
0.01
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
Sunrise6:05-------6:07-------6:07-------
Sunset---5:27-------5:25-------5:24----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C172123232119181919252726222020181720212019161515
Feels °C (?)182323222019171716242423221915141316171615131212
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