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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 05 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
25.4° 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 7PM is: 1.3m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 1.2m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Afternoon (05 Mar)4ft (1.2m)8s
Evening (05 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)9s

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


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Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sun
08
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.6
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.6
E
1.6
E
1.6
E
2
ENE
2
ENE
1.6
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.3
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
Period(s) (?)877899999999991010109999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)133130156168372573431413413630644440449388328394349405397380372318299298
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
15
NE
25
ENE
25
NE
15
NNE
10
N
10
N
10
NNW
5
N
15
NE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NE
10
NE
5
NE
10
NE
5
NE
10
E
15
E
15
ESE
5
ESE
5
SE
10
S
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossonononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:08AM
1.52
10:35PM
1.40
10:42AM
1.40
11:10PM
1.40
11:15AM
1.27
11:46PM
1.38
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:25PM
0.04
4:36AM
0.15
4:53PM
0.09
5:17AM
0.22
5:22PM
0.16
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sun
08
Sunrise6:39-------6:39-------6:41-------
Sunset---7:16-------7:15-------7:15----
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
---------121------------
Temp. °C232627262424232223252525242423232426262523232322
Feels °C (?)242625252526252426262625252625242626262625252522
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