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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Monday 06 Apr 2026 AEST
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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
25.3° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than 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 1PM is: 1.2m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 1.0m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am April 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)5ft (1.5m)8s
Afternoon (06 Apr)5ft (1.5m)8s
Evening (06 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)9s

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


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Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thu
09
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
0
0
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
1
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SSE
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.5
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
Period(s) (?)89989999999999999910101010109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)266246240309273262227164171142139134134104104102102106120118122122148142
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
10
S
10
SE
10
E
0
NNE
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
N
15
ENE
10
NE
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
5
N
15
ENE
10
ENE
5
SSW
5
SW
10
SW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
crosscrosscrossglassononcrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
glassononcross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:21AM
1.03
10:48PM
1.40
11:01AM
0.94
11:31PM
1.33
11:49AM
0.86
12:25AM
1.27
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:39AM
0.28
4:08PM
0.27
5:24AM
0.35
4:43PM
0.34
6:18AM
0.42
5:25PM
0.41
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thu
09
Sunrise6:00-------6:01-------6:01-------
Sunset---5:38-------5:37-------5:36----
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C172021211918171617232625222120202127272522212020
Feels °C (?)151919201918161516232425222119192027262624232122
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