Sandbank 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 13.23° N 59.54° W

Issued: 1 pm 22 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Sandbank sea temperature is

29.3°C

Sandbank surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Sandbank today (22 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (22 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with SE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (22 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 8s period with ENE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (22 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Sandbank at 4PM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (22 Sep)	1.5ft (0.5m)	8s
Afternoon (22 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	8s
Evening (22 Sep)	2ft (0.6m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 29°C on Tue afternoon, min 27°C on Wed night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Tue 22					Wednesday 23								Thursday 24
	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 8	ENE 8	NE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	E 5	ENE 6	ENE 6	E 6	E 6	ESE 8	E 7	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 7	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 7	E 7
Wave Graph
kJ	51	50	46	47	48	55	80	86	82	120	114	144	140	132	105	149	112	137	137	149	149
Wind (km/h)	E	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	ENE	E	E	E	E	E
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide		1:49PM0.60m				1:07AM0.68m					2:09PM0.65m			1:49AM0.73m					2:30PM0.70m
Low Tide				7:07PM0.38m				7:44AM0.20m				7:46PM0.32m					8:15AM0.20m				8:21PM0.27m


	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:47	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:47	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	5:53	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:52	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	28	28	28	27	28	29	29	28	28	28
Feels °C	31	30	30	29	29	29	29	28	30	29	30	29	29	28	28	28	29	29	28	29	29
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 8	SE 8	NE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	NE 8	NNE 16	NNE 16	ESE 8	NNE 15	NNE 14	N 14	N 14	N 13	N 13
kJ	51	33	36	47	48	48	47	47	47	45	114	10	50	81	26	71	68	101	93	89	89
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 8	E 7	ESE 8	NE 7	NE 7	NE 8	N 14	ENE 7	ENE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NNE 17	NE 8	N 12	NNE 11	N 11	N 11	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10
kJ	32	4	46	18	13	10	4	10	7	11	10	54	15	25	42	39	37	35	17	30	30
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	N 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 8	N 6	N 13	N 13	NNE 18	NNE 17	N 12	N 12	NE 8	NNE 15	ESE 10	NE 8	NE 8	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10
kJ	4	4	9	9	4	4	1	3	14	30	58	26	25	9	76	11	9	10	10	10	10
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	ENE 8	E 6	ENE 5	ENE 5	E 5	ENE 6	ENE 6	E 6	E 6	ENE 6	E 7	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 7	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 7	E 7
kJ	—	50	15	26	32	55	80	86	82	120	58	144	140	132	105	149	112	137	137	149	149
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2
Distance (km)	778	778	778	2229	269	269	778	778	778	778	805	20	628	20	20	628	274	274	488	269	20
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Rating (10 max)	9	9	8	7	9	9	8	7	7	6	6	5	8	5	9	5	5	5	4	4	7

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