Sawtell Island Weather Forecast

Coffs Coastal Waters

Wind

Westerly 20 to 25 knots, reaching up to 30 knots offshore during the day. Winds tending southwesterly in the middle of the day.

Seas

2 to 3 metres.

1st Swell

Southerly around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 2 metres during the afternoon, then increasing to 2 to 4 metres by early evening.

Weather

Partly cloudy. 50% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm offshore south of Coffs Harbour in the late morning and afternoon.

Weather Situation

A deep, complex low in the Tasman Sea is driving gusty southwesterly winds today. The vigorous south to southwesterly flow associated with that low is forecast to continue as a trough crosses the coastal waters. Then, a high pressure system is forecast to drift over the coastal waters during the weekend or early next week, turning the winds southeast to northeasterly.