Sawtell-The Island Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.37° S 153.11° E

Sawtell-The Island, Australia Weather Observations

Issued: 9 am 20 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Sawtell-The Island sea temperature is
20.5°C
0.1° 

Sawtell-The Island surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Current weather conditions and live observations for Sawtell-The Island based on the nearest weather station observations (including METAR, SYNOP, ship and quickscat wind data). This is the most reliable place on surf-forecast.com to see what is happening with the weather in Sawtell-The Island right now. Also check out the current weather map overlays on our dynamic weather maps.

Current Weather near Sawtell-The Island

as reported by 5 closest weather stations

Weather Station WeatherWindGustsTemp.Visibility
Visibility /
Cloud

Coffs Harbour Airport

6 km N5 m above sea level

2 hours ago
part cloudDry and partly cloudy
25
moderate winds from the NE
(26 km/h at 40°)
28 °C10.0
10.0
no cloud
-
-

Upper Orara

19 km WNW200 m above sea level

1 hour ago
dry
5
calm
(3 km/h at 46°)
5
31 °C-
-
-
-
0

Grafton Airport Automatic Weather Station

69 km N26 m above sea level

2 hours ago
-
-
(- km/h at -°)
- °C-
-
-
-
-

Kempsey Airport Automatic Weather Station

83 km S14 m above sea level

2 hours ago
-
-
(- km/h at -°)
- °C-
-

-

Grafton Research Stn

84 km N26 m above sea level

2 hours ago
-
5
light winds from the NNW
(6 km/h at 330°)
- °C-
-

-

hy2c154E30S

91 km E15 m above sea level

3 hours ago
15
light winds from the NNW
(17 km/h at 332°)
- °C- km
- km


Fortis Creek

97 km NW80 m above sea level

2 hours ago
-
5
calm
(5 km/h at 32°)
32 °C-
-
-
-
0

YambaPilotStation

107 km NNE28 m above sea level

2 hours ago
-
5
light winds from the N
(7 km/h at 360°)
- °C-
-
-
no observation
-

Hibbard wx

123 km S21 m above sea level

2 hours ago
dry
wind obs. (10 kph from 88 degs) was rejected
(- km/h at -°)
26 °C-
-
-
-
0

EvansHeadRaaf Bombing Range

135 km NNE63 m above sea level

2 hours ago
no report
10
light winds from the NNW
(9 km/h at 330°)
12.8 °C-
-
-
no observation
-

* NOTE: not all weather observatories update at the same frequency which is the reason why some locations may show data from stations that are further away than known closer ones. We also include passing Ship data if it is recorded close to Sawtell-The Island and within an acceptable time window.

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