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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Friday 09 Jan 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
24.7° 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 8PM is: 1.3m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm January 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)--
Afternoon (09 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)6s
Evening (09 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)6s

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

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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.8
NE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.9
NE
1.9
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.6
ENE
2.1
NE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
E
1.8
SSE
1.8
SSE
2
S
1.9
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.6
SSE
Period(s) (?)656677778778878888777777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7195112221117124125136240322362347302492202196167134268299411394365265
Wind
(km/h)
30
NE
30
NE
25
NNE
25
N
20
N
20
N
20
N
25
N
35
NE
35
NNE
30
N
20
N
20
N
20
N
5
WSW
25
S
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
S
25
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrossoffcross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:12PM
1.32
2:14AM
1.13
1:57PM
1.16
3:12AM
1.16
2:49PM
1.03
4:12AM
1.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:49PM
0.20
7:58AM
0.49
8:30PM
0.26
9:11AM
0.56
9:14PM
0.31
10:33AM
0.57
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Sunrise------5:54-------5:56-------5:56-
Sunset-7:52-------7:52-------7:52------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-------------------11---
Temp. °C272624222121222930292523222123252524232121212122
Feels °C (?)232322212020212626262323222125242221211919181819
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