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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Sunday 29 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 11PM is: 2.1m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm March 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)--
Afternoon (29 Mar)7ft (2.2m)12s
Evening (29 Mar)7ft (2.2m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
2
3
3
3
4
3
1
1
3
2
3
3
2
2
2
0
1
2
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.1
SSE
2.5
S
2.4
S
2.2
S
2
S
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SE
0.4
SSE
0.7
SE
0.4
SSE
Period(s) (?)121211111111111010101010109999888816717
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12881269116210301477133810868844714115123253913432582691571149380648649113
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
5
SSW
10
E
10
E
5
ENE
5
E
0
NNE
0
W
5
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
onglassglassglassglasscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:00PM
1.12
7:07AM
1.51
7:43PM
1.24
7:49AM
1.50
8:20PM
1.34
8:27AM
1.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:04PM
0.15
12:46AM
0.26
1:41PM
0.09
1:35AM
0.20
2:14PM
0.06
2:20AM
0.15
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Sunrise------6:56-------6:56-------6:56-
Sunset-6:47-------6:46-------6:45------
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232321201918182122222121191819202123222121212023
Feels °C (?)202018181716161920202021191719202223222222232123
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