Sandy Bay Surf Forecast and Surf Reports
(Kerry, Ireland)
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Sandy Bay Spot ID
Type: beach
Reliability: fairly consistent
Best: Swell NNW | Wind W
Sea Temperature Today is: 10.2 °C
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| Wave (m) |
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 W |
| Period (s) | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 |
| Wind (km/h) |  |
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| Wind State | cross- off |
cross | cross | cross |
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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.
Forecast Wave Energy (Power): 12hrs
Tide Times:
For Brandon Bay, 6 km from Sandy Bay.
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Sandy Bay Tide Times and Tide Chart
Live Weather:
At Valentia Observator, 44 km from Sandy Bay.
light winds from the SE km/h |  moderate to heavy rain showers | Air temperature 8.6 °C |
Current weather near Sandy Bay
Buoy Data:
At Westwave MK4 Buoy, 34 miles from Sandy Bay.
| 10PM | 11PM | 12AM | 1AM | |
| Data Age | 5 hr | 4 hr | 3 hr | 2 hr |
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| Average period (s) | 9.56 | 9.40 | 10.05 | 9.44 |
Overall Sandy Bay Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in December
This picture describes the variation of swells directed at Sandy Bay over a normal Dece... (show all text)
The figure shows how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directio... (show all text)
The two graphs above are also combined in the single Sandy Bay surf consistency graph.
Also see Sandy Bay surf quality by season and Sandy Bay surf quality by month.
Surf photos from
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Use this relief map to navigate to Kerry surf spots 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 break1 mi
- Second closest break1 mi
- Third closest break1 mi
- Fourth closest break1 mi
- Fifth closest break2 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Sandy Bay:
- Closest wave buoy34 mi
- Second closest wave buoy71 mi
- Third closest wave buoy82 mi
- Fourth closest wave buoy134 mi
- Fifth closest wave buoy137 mi
Tide stations nearest to Sandy Bay:
- Closest tide station13 mi
- Second closest tide station34 mi
- Third closest tide station54 mi
- Fourth closest tide station71 mi
- Fifth closest tide station76 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Sandy Bay:
- Closest ski areaRaise (United Kingdom)328 mi
- Second closest ski areaAnother World Ski and Snowboard Centre (United Kingdom)352 mi
- Third closest ski areaYad Moss (United Kingdom)357 mi
- Fourth closest ski areaHarwood Common (United Kingdom)359 mi
- Fifth closest ski areaWeardale Ski Club (United Kingdom)362 mi
Airports
- 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.
This is the Surf-Forecast page for Sandy Bay, Kerry. Use the tab navigation above to view Sandy Bay sea temperature, Sandy Bay photographs, Sandy Bay detailed swell predictions, wind and weather forecasts, Sandy Bay webcams, current wind from Kerry live weather stations and Sandy Bay tide predictions. The Ireland swell maps link will open up the big picture showing Ireland and the surrounding seas. These swell maps can be animated to show the different swell components, wave energy, wave period, wave heights, together with wind and weather forecasts, current weather and sea state observations from Ireland wave-buoys, passing ships and coastal weather stations. Each of the forecast pages for this surf break feature a global and regional wavefinder tool to locate the best surf conditions in the area around Sandy Bay.
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