Sawtell-The Island 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 30.37° S 153.11° E

Issued: 4 am 27 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Sawtell-The Island sea temperature is

20.5°C

Sawtell-The Island surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Sawtell-The Island today (27 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (27 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 6s period with SE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 9s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 7s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Sawtell-The Island at 10AM is: 1.4m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 1.3m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am October 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (27 Oct)	4.5ft (1.3m)	6s
Afternoon (27 Oct)	3.5ft (1.0m)	9s
Evening (27 Oct)	4ft (1.2m)	7s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue morning. Warm (max 22°C on Wed afternoon, min 16°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.
	Tuesday 27								Wednesday 28								Thursday 29
	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	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 8	SE 6	SE 6	SE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	ENE 7	ENE 6	E 7	E 6	SSE 8	E 7	E 7	E 7	SSE 8	E 8	SSE 8	E 9	E 9	SSE 7	E 8	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 11
Wave Graph
kJ	66	72	104	338	177	143	117	121	73	54	54	53	51	36	33	32	32	43	43	55	47	47	84	95
Wind (km/h)	SSE	SE	SE	ESE	ENE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNW	W	WSW	SSE	E	ENE	NNE	NW	W	W	SSW	SSE	SE	E	ESE	ENE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	off	off	cross	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	glassy
High Tide				9:21AM1.71m				9:40PM1.24m				10:05AM1.74m				10:28PM1.15m				10:53AM1.73m
Low Tide		2:53AM-0.00m				3:51PM0.03m				3:32AM0.03m				4:42PM0.04m				4:14AM0.08m					5:37PM0.09m


	—	5:56	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:56	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:54	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	7:05	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:06	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:06	—	—
mm	2	3	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	18	21	22	21	19	17	16	16	17	20	21	21	19	19
Feels °C	20	17	17	18	17	17	18	18	17	16	17	19	19	19	18	16	15	14	15	19	19	19	19	20
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 8	ENE 8	SSE 9	SE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 6	E 6	E 7	SSE 8	E 7	SSE 8	E 8	SSE 8	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 11
kJ	66	50	62	338	177	143	92	70	70	54	41	43	51	36	33	29	32	43	43	55	40	38	29	95
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 15	SSE 9	ENE 7	ENE 7	E 13	E 7	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	E 12	SSE 8	E 8	SSE 8	ENE 7	E 9	E 9	E 8	SSE 16	E 8	ENE 8	SSE 7
kJ	4	17	48	54	4	79	103	77	73	54	54	53	3	35	29	32	18	40	39	35	24	33	21	29
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	E 14	E 14	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	NNE 6	E 12	NNE 6	NE 6	E 9	E 11	NE 6	S 16	NE 6	SSE 16	SSE 16	ENE 8
kJ	33	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	14	3	4	2	15	2	2	21	1	47	84	21
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 6	SE 6	SE 6	ESE 5	E 7	E 6	ENE 7	ENE 6	NNE 6	—	—	—	E 7	—	NNE 6	—	—	—	SSW 3	—	E 8	E 3	E 3	—
kJ	58	72	104	48	100	74	117	121	35	—	—	—	43	—	14	—	—	—	1	—	47	3	3	—
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	16	102	36	16	16	7	7	7	0	0	2	108	16	7	0	0	0	0	0	108	108	108	0
Best forecast wave conditions in Port Macquarie	Hat Head	Hat Head	Diamond Head	Treachery Head	Yacaaba Head-Boulders	Nambucca Heads	Nambucca Heads	Diamond Head	Diamond Head	Forster Beach	Seal Rocks	Seal Rocks		Nambucca Heads	Yacaaba Head-Boulders	Back Bommie	Seal Rocks	Seal Rocks	Back Bommie	North Haven			Bonny Hills	Treachery Head
Rating (10 max)	1	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1		1	1	1	1	1	2	2			3	3
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	1	1	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	4	7	7	5	5	4	5	5	4	6	4	4	5	5

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