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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Monday 30 Mar 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
25.0° 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 8AM is: 1.7m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)10s
Afternoon (30 Mar)5ft (1.6m)10s
Evening (30 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)10s

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


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Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
3
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
S
2.3
S
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.2
SE
1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SE
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.4
SSE
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.9
E
Period(s) (?)11111010101010109999988886671616167
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)147712306595594714114023252612072261571441088280655947491051328382
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
S
15
SSE
15
SE
10
SSE
5
S
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
S
10
SE
15
ESE
5
ENE
5
NE
0
W
0
WSW
5
WSW
5
SE
10
ESE
15
E
5
E
0
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
onglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
onglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:07AM
1.51
7:43PM
1.24
7:49AM
1.50
8:20PM
1.34
8:27AM
1.46
8:55PM
1.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:46AM
0.26
1:41PM
0.09
1:35AM
0.20
2:14PM
0.06
2:20AM
0.15
2:44PM
0.05
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Sunrise--6:56-------6:56-------6:56-----
Sunset-----6:46-------6:45-------6:45--
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----------------1-------
Temp. °C191819212222212119191922222321202020202223232221
Feels °C (?)171617192020202118181821222222212222222323222323
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