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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 26 Mar 2026 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
25.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

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

The current surf forecast for Sawtell-The Island at 7PM is: 1.8m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Mar)7ft (2.1m)12s
Afternoon (26 Mar)6ft (1.9m)11s
Evening (26 Mar)6ft (1.8m)11s

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


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Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sun
29
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
1
0
1
2
3
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
3
4
3
3
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4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
E
2.1
E
2
E
1.9
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.9
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.2
ESE
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
SE
1.8
S
1.9
SSE
2.1
SSE
2.2
SSE
4
S
4
S
4
S
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
Period(s) (?)12121111111111101010101010101091315141414141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)121511871024911807850516468312270212164127989851712671928205364316014597528062149
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
5
ENE
15
ENE
20
NE
15
N
15
NNW
20
SW
10
NNW
5
WNW
20
W
30
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
15
WSW
10
WNW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SSE
15
SE
20
SE
20
S
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglassoncross-
on
crosscrossoffcrosscross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffcrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:36PM
0.86
4:07AM
1.43
5:03PM
0.90
5:19AM
1.45
6:09PM
1.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:57AM
0.33
9:04PM
0.39
11:17AM
0.29
10:33PM
0.38
12:18PM
0.22
11:47PM
0.33
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sun
29
Sunrise6:52-------6:54-------6:54-------
Sunset---6:52-------6:51-------6:49----
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202527272523242322242523181615141519212220181717
Feels °C (?)202626262523222222201717121212111216181917151515
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