Sawtell-The Island Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.37° S 153.11° E

Issued: 3 pm 21 Jun 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Sawtell-The Island sea temperature is
20.6° C

Normal for this time of year

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
5
light winds from the WNW
(7 km/h at 290°)
12 °C10.0
10.0
no cloud

Upper Orara

19 km WNW200 m above sea level

1 hour ago
dry
0
calm
(0 km/h at 235°)
0
10 °C-
-
-
-
0

Fortis Creek

97 km NW80 m above sea level

1 hour ago
-
0
calm
(0 km/h at 87°)
14 °C-
-
-
-
0

Hibbard wx

123 km S21 m above sea level

52 minutes ago
dry
0
calm
(0 km/h at °)
5
12 °C-
-
-
-
0

Walcha

159 km SW1060 m above sea level

1 hour ago
-
0
calm
(0 km/h at 220°)
0
2 °C-
-
-
-
0

GOOLMANGAR

183 km N140 m above sea level

2 hours ago
-
wind obs. (6 kph from 51 degs) was rejected
(- km/h at -°)
15.9 °C-
-
-
-
0

Shreydon wx

187 km N202 m above sea level

59 minutes ago
dry
5
calm
(3 km/h at 15°)
5
16 °C-
-
-
-
0

Possums

197 km NNE155 m above sea level

2 hours ago
-
20
light winds from the WSW
(19 km/h at 257°)
30
16.5 °C-
-
-
-
0

Nullamanna wx

199 km W681 m above sea level

2 hours ago
-
0
calm
(0 km/h at 90°)
0
7 °C-
-
-
-
0

Monties

200 km N128 m above sea level

2 hours ago
-
5
light winds from the SW
(6 km/h at 234°)
5
15.5 °C-
-
-
-
0

* 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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