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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm 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
25.2° 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 7PM is: 1.3m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm April 06). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)--
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
Thursday
09
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
E
1.5
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.2
ESE
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
0.9
E
0.9
E
Period(s) (?)98999999999999991010101010999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)240302273262227218171142139136134104106102102106118122122122148142139133
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
10
ESE
0
E
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
0
NNW
10
E
10
NE
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
WNW
0
SE
15
ESE
10
ENE
5
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
SW
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrosscrosscrosscrossglassononcrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
glasscross-
on
oncross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
glass
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)
4:08PM
0.27
5:24AM
0.35
4:43PM
0.34
6:18AM
0.42
5:25PM
0.41
7:26AM
0.47
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Sunrise------6:01-------6:01-------6:01-
Sunset-5:38-------5:37-------5:36------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212120181716172426252221212121272625222120202023
Feels °C (?)202021171615162525252221202021282526242321222226
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