Sawtell-The Island 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 30.37° S 153.11° E

Issued: 10 am 02 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Sawtell-The Island sea temperature is

20.4°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 (02 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Nov, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 10s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Nov, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 10s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Nov, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 6s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Sawtell-The Island at 7PM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am November 02). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (02 Nov)	1ft (0.3m)	10s
Afternoon (02 Nov)	1ft (0.3m)	10s
Evening (02 Nov)	2ft (0.6m)	6s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Warm (max 24°C on Tue afternoon, min 18°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.
	Monday 2						Tuesday 3								Wednesday 4								Thu 5
	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	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 10	ENE 6	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	SSE 9	NE 5	NE 6	ENE 6	ENE 7	NE 7	NE 7	ENE 8	SSE 6	ENE 8	SSE 6	SSE 6	S 6	E 8
Wave Graph
kJ	20	25	19	32	31	25	18	18	18	18	16	42	89	71	73	46	22	20	38	20	48	48	34	33
Wind (km/h)	SSW	S	ESE	E	ENE	NNE	N	NNW	NNW	NNE	NNE	N	NNW	NNW	W	SSW	SSW	SSE	ESE	E	ENE	N	NW	WNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	glassy	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	glassy	cross	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide				3:06PM1.44m				4:13AM1.00m				4:14PM1.40m					5:17AM1.12m				5:14PM1.36m
Low Tide		8:20AM0.40m				10:09PM0.20m				9:46AM0.42m					11:05PM0.17m				11:03AM0.38m				11:51PM0.13m


	5:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48
	—	—	—	7:08	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:10	—	—	—	7:12
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	3	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	20	22	22	22	20	19	19	18	19	23	24	20	19	19	18	18	19	23	23	22	20	19	18	19
Feels °C	20	22	22	22	22	20	20	18	20	22	22	19	17	17	17	15	18	23	22	22	22	19	18	17
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	ENE 6	SSE 9	SSE 9	ENE 6	ENE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	ENE 8	ENE 8	SSE 6	SSE 6	S 6	S 6
kJ	13	25	14	13	24	25	18	18	18	18	12	8	8	71	73	46	22	12	19	20	48	48	34	17
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 6	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	S 5	S 5	SSE 5	SSE 9	SSE 9	SE 4	—	SSE 9	SSE 9	S 9	ENE 8	ENE 8	NE 7	NE 6	ENE 8	ENE 8	E 8	E 8
kJ	14	20	19	32	31	18	5	4	5	17	16	1	—	8	8	6	19	20	11	6	20	20	32	33
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 10	E 11	E 10	E 10	S 6	S 6	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 4	SE 4	S 6	—	S 17	S 16	S 16	SE 8	S 8	S 12	S 12	NNE 6	NNE 6	NE 6	S 12
kJ	20	2	2	2	3	6	18	18	18	2	1	1	—	5	5	5	3	1	3	3	4	4	1	3
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 3	S 4	SSE 4	SE 4	—	—	—	—	—	N 2	NE 4	NE 5	NE 6	NW 3	NW 3	WNW 3	WSW 3	S 3	SSE 6	SSE 6	—	—	NW 2	NW 3
kJ	5	9	7	7	—	—	—	—	—	1	14	42	89	3	2	3	1	2	38	48	—	—	1	2
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	1	1	249	200	0	16	16	16	16	310	534	502	209	91	0	16	1	23	200	447	0	7	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	1	1			1	1	1	1	1					2	1	1	1	1	1		1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	3	4	4	1	4	4	3	3	3	3	1	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	1	4	4	1
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Rating (10 max)	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4

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