Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Sawtell-The Island today (23 Sep):
- Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 9s period with SE swell.
The current surf forecast for Sawtell-The Island at 12AM is: 0.6m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 1.1m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm September 22). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.
| Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (23 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (23 Sep) | - | - |
| Evening (23 Sep) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 9s |
Table - waves today at Sawtell-The Island. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 21°C on Fri morning, min 17°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||
Tue 22 | Wednesday 23 | Thursday 24 | ||||||||||||||||
7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 9 | SE 9 | SSE 11 | SE 6 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | E 6 | E 6 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 345 | 249 | 123 | 97 | 126 | 160 | 184 | 134 | 134 | 130 | 110 | 90 | 75 | 75 | 85 | 88 | 84 | 94 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on | on | on | on | on | cross-on | cross-on |
High Tide | 5:11PM1.36m | 5:46AM1.02m | 5:51PM1.43m | 6:23AM1.13m | 6:28PM1.49m | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 11:55PM0.27m | 11:25AM0.33m | 00:27AM0.18m | 12:09PM0.25m | ||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | 5:35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:35 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:44 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
Feels °C | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 6 | SSE 11 | SSE 10 | ESE 6 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | SSE 11 | SSE 10 | E 6 | E 6 |
| kJ | 345 | 249 | 88 | 90 | 78 | 160 | 165 | 134 | 134 | 130 | 110 | 90 | 75 | 75 | 39 | 37 | 84 | 84 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 19 | SSE 11 | SSE 11 | SSE 19 | SSE 19 | SSE 19 | SSE 18 | SSE 17 | SSE 16 | SSE 15 | SSE 11 | SSE 11 | SSE 12 | SSE 12 | E 12 | E 12 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 |
| kJ | 7 | 73 | 123 | 70 | 119 | 137 | 184 | 109 | 85 | 45 | 24 | 43 | 46 | 45 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 34 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | N 5 | SE 19 | SSE 19 | SSE 8 | E 13 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | S 10 | S 20 | S 20 | SSE 15 | S 19 | — | E 12 | — | — | E 12 | E 12 |
| kJ | 1 | 14 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 31 | 8 | 22 | 7 | — | 3 | — | — | 3 | 3 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | SE 6 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | E 6 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | — | — | — | — | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | — | E 6 |
| kJ | — | — | — | 97 | 126 | 135 | 86 | 129 | 123 | 125 | — | — | — | — | 85 | 88 | — | 94 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 200 | 108 | 108 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 249 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 249 | 108 |
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