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 10 am Sunday 16 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 2.1°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 12PM is: 0.8m 7s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am November 16). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Nov)	1ft (0.3m)	13s
Afternoon (16 Nov)	2.5ft (0.7m)	7s
Evening (16 Nov)	2.5ft (0.7m)	7s

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

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	Sunday 16						Monday 17								Tuesday 18								Wed 19
	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)	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	S	SSE	S	S	S	S	E	S	S	SSE	ENE	E
Period(s) (?)	13	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	7	7	10	5	6	7	7	7	5	9	9	9	6	6
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	35	63	47	52	51	41	41	33	36	35	18	10	7	10	17	39	34	31	23	60	81	82	80	54
Wind (km/h)	NNW	N	N	NNE	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	SW	S	ESE	E	SE	SW	SW	SSW	ESE	ENE	NE	NNE	N	N	N
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)	6:31AM 1.28				6:25PM 1.17				7:07AM 1.38				7:07PM 1.14				7:41AM 1.46				7:46PM 1.11
Low Tide / height (m)			12:39PM 0.38				12:37AM 0.18				1:24PM 0.32				1:08AM 0.17					2:04PM 0.27			1:39AM 0.17

	Sunday 16						Monday 17								Tuesday 18								Wed 19
Sunrise	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	22	27	28	25	22	21	20	23	27	28	26	21	20	19	17	19	21	22	22	20	19	18	17
Feels °C (?)	21	24	28	28	25	20	19	17	21	24	27	25	20	21	19	16	18	20	20	20	18	18	17	16

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