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)

Surf Forecasts:

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

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Wednesday 19 Nov 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 20.3° C
(Which is 2.0°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 10AM is: 0.5m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am November 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (19 Nov)	1.5ft (0.4m)	10s
Afternoon (19 Nov)	4ft (1.2m)	4s
Evening (19 Nov)	3.5ft (1.1m)	6s

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

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	Wednesday 19								Thursday 20								Friday 21
	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	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	1	1	3
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSE	S	ENE	E	NE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	NE	NE	NE	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Period(s) (?)	8	8	10	10	4	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	10	6	6	6	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	55	33	33	48	40	84	80	92	118	58	46	61	66	124	92	98	134	137	341	327	303	298	369	384
Wind (km/h)	N	NNW	N	NNE	NE	NE	NNE	N	N	N	N	NNE	NE	NNE	NNE	N	W	SSW	SW	SSW	S	S	S	SSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				8:13AM 1.52				8:23PM 1.08				8:46AM 1.56				9:00PM 1.05				9:20AM 1.57				9:37PM 1.01
Low Tide / height (m)	1:39AM 0.17					2:43PM 0.23				2:10AM 0.18				3:20PM 0.20				2:42AM 0.19				3:58PM 0.20

	Wednesday 19								Thursday 20								Friday 21
Sunrise	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	3	1	2	1	1	2
Temp. °C	19	17	20	24	24	23	21	19	19	18	20	26	27	26	23	22	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	20
Feels °C (?)	18	16	19	22	20	19	19	17	18	17	19	25	25	24	23	22	22	20	19	20	20	21	21	21

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