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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 20 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
20.1° C
 (Which is 2.2°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 4PM is: 1.3m 5s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00am November 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)6s
Afternoon (20 Nov)4ft (1.2m)5s
Evening (20 Nov)3ft (0.9m)6s

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

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Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sun
23
8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.1
NE
1.4
NE
0.9
NNE
1
NE
0.9
E
0.9
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
Period(s) (?)6105666121212121111111211111111111111111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)38148581205572221221341271253246308314292287282282282229224220168162
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
20
NNE
30
NE
30
NNE
20
NNE
15
N
10
WSW
5
SW
10
SW
15
SSW
10
S
10
S
10
S
10
SW
10
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
SSE
10
ESE
15
ESE
5
E
5
NE
10
NNE
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:46AM
1.56
9:00PM
1.05
9:20AM
1.57
9:37PM
1.01
9:55AM
1.56
10:15PM
0.98
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:20PM
0.20
2:42AM
0.19
3:58PM
0.20
3:16AM
0.22
4:38PM
0.22
3:51AM
0.25
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sun
23
Sunrise5:39-------5:39-------5:39-------
Sunset---7:23-------7:24-------7:25----
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part cloud
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thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
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thunderstorm
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cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
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light rain
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Rain (mm)
------212211-1----11211-
Temp. °C202626252221202020202021212019192023222321212120
Feels °C (?)192523222121212221202122222120192125232423232321
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