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Caves (Sandsend) surfForecast / North East England / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Friday 09 Jan 2026 GMT
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Caves (Sandsend) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Caves (Sandsend) sea temperature is
8.1° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Caves (Sandsend) today?

The current surf forecast for Caves (Sandsend) at 8PM is: 3.5m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 09). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)--
Afternoon (09 Jan)10ft (3.0m)9s
Evening (09 Jan)11ft (3.5m)10s

Table - waves today at Caves (Sandsend). (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
ENE
3.5
ENE
3.5
ENE
3
ENE
3
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.3
ENE
2.1
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.4
NE
1.2
NE
1.1
NE
0.8
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.4
NE
0.2
ENE
0.1
NE
2.5
SE
2.1
SE
1.7
SE
1.5
SE
1.7
SSE
1.1
SE
Period(s) (?)910101010101099999888787888887
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)146121942331208416301365113389069744028722115478371462000000
Wind
(km/h)
35
NE
35
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
10
ENE
5
SE
5
S
10
S
15
S
20
S
30
S
40
S
45
S
50
SSE
50
SSE
50
S
50
S
50
S
30
S
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
30
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		onglasscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:09PM
5.19
8:52AM
4.66
8:58PM
4.92
9:44AM
4.45
9:55PM
4.66
10:45AM
4.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:00PM
2.01
2:42AM
1.60
2:43PM
2.25
3:31AM
1.92
3:35PM
2.46
4:29AM
2.18
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Sunrise------8:19-------8:18-------8:18-
Sunset3:57-------3:59-------4:00-------
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
11--111--------3---1----
Temp. °C5443333332111112457109101010
Feels °C (?)-4-5-3-4-2-100-1-3-5-7-9-10-11-10-7-6-342333
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