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Sandy Bay in County Kerry is a sheltered beach break that has fairly consistent surf and can work at any time of the year. The best wind direction is from the west. Waves just as likely from local windswells as from distant groundswells and the optimum swell angle is from the north northwest. The beach break offers both left and right hand waves. Good surf at all stages of the tide. Unlikely to be too crowded, even when the surf is up.

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Overall Sandy Bay Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution

IMPORTANT: Beta version feature! Swell heights are open water values from NWW3. There is no attempt to model near-shore effects. Coastal wave heights will generally be less, especially if the break does not have unobstructed exposure to the open ocean.

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Use this relief map to navigate to Ireland - County Kerry surf breaks and tide stations that are in the area of Sandy Bay

Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Sandy Bay:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Scraggane Bay	1 mi
Second closest break	Dumps	1 mi
Third closest break	Mossies	1 mi
Fourth closest break	Stoney Gap	1 mi
Fifth closest break	Garywilliam Point	2 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Sandy Bay:
Closest wave buoy	M3 Mizen Head Buoy	78 mi
Second closest wave buoy	K2 Buoy	167 mi
Third closest wave buoy	K4 Buoy	183 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	M4 Donegal Bay Buoy	187 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	M2 Lambay Buoy	209 mi
Tide stations nearest to Sandy Bay:
Closest tide station	Fishguard, Wales	214 mi
Second closest tide station	Fishguard, Wales	214 mi
Third closest tide station	Milford Haven, Wales	215 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Milford Haven, Wales	217 mi
Fifth closest tide station	St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly, England	230 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Sandy Bay:
Closest ski area	Raise (United Kingdom)	322 mi
Second closest ski area	Yad Moss (United Kingdom)	357 mi
Third closest ski area	Harwood Common (United Kingdom)	359 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Allenheads (United Kingdom)	364 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Weardale Ski Club (United Kingdom)	364 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Sandy Bay:
Closest city location	Fenit (Ireland)	6 mi
Second closest city location	Tra Li (Ireland)	13 mi
Third closest city location	Dingle (Ireland)	16 mi
Fourth closest city location	Killorglin (Ireland)	17 mi
Fifth closest city location	Ballybunnion (Ireland)	21 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Sandy Bay is Kerry Airport (KIR) in Ireland, 36 km (22 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Sandy Bay is Shannon Airport (SNN), also in Ireland, 86 km (53 miles) away.
• Third is Cork Airport (ORK) in Ireland, 116 km (72 miles) away.
• Galway Airport (GWY) in Ireland is 133 km (83 miles) away.
• Connaught Airport (NOC), also in Ireland is the fifth nearest airport to Sandy Bay and is 196 km (122 miles) away.