Sandbank 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 13.23° N 59.54° W

Issued: 1 am 23 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 (23 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (23 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 6s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 6s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 6s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Sandbank at 6AM is: 1.1m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (23 Sep)	3.5ft (1.1m)	6s
Afternoon (23 Sep)	3.5ft (1.1m)	6s
Evening (23 Sep)	4ft (1.2m)	6s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Warm (max 29°C on Wed morning, min 27°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.
	Wednesday 23								Thursday 24								Friday 25
	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	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	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 5	ENE 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 7	NNE 16	E 6	E 6	E 6	N 14	N 14	E 7	E 7	E 6	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7
Wave Graph
kJ	60	77	80	88	86	83	116	134	81	54	112	68	101	93	123	131	128	145	145	124	127	110	128	158
Wind (km/h)	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	ENE	E	E	E	E	ENE	ENE	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	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide						2:09PM0.65m			1:49AM0.73m					2:30PM0.70m				2:28AM0.76m				2:53PM0.74m
Low Tide			7:44AM0.20m				7:46PM0.32m					8:15AM0.20m				8:21PM0.27m				8:44AM0.20m				8:56PM0.20m


	—	5:47	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:47	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:47	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	5:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:52	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	28	28	28	29	29	29	28	28	28	27	28	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	28	28	28
Feels °C	29	29	28	30	30	30	29	29	28	28	28	29	30	28	28	29	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	NE 8	NNE 16	ESE 7	ESE 7	NNE 15	ESE 7	ESE 8	ESE 7	N 13	N 13	ESE 8	N 13	N 13	E 7	N 12	N 12	N 12	NNE 12
kJ	48	48	47	47	45	44	9	50	40	38	71	40	25	40	89	89	43	86	84	124	76	73	73	47
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	N 6	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NNE 17	N 12	NE 7	NE 7	N 11	NE 7	N 14	N 14	N 10	N 10	N 13	ESE 8	ESE 8	N 12	NE 9	ESE 8	ESE 8	SE 9
kJ	4	1	11	3	10	10	54	25	25	25	39	25	101	93	30	30	87	26	28	78	19	26	26	23
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 7	N 14	N 13	N 13	NNE 18	NNE 17	N 12	ESE 11	NNE 16	NNE 11	NE 8	NNE 14	N 10	ENE 7	ENE 10	ENE 10	N 10	N 9	N 9	ESE 8	N 9	N 8	N 8	N 8
kJ	1	4	3	14	30	58	26	11	81	42	9	68	35	20	10	9	29	14	14	26	13	12	11	11
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 5	ENE 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 7	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 7	E 7	E 6	E 7	E 7	—	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7
kJ	60	77	80	88	86	83	116	134	61	54	112	64	88	68	123	131	128	145	145	—	127	110	128	158
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Playa Corrales Caracas	Playa Corrales Caracas	West End Anegada	West End Anegada	Freights Barbados	West End Anegada	Freights Barbados	Freights Barbados	La Tortue Saint Barthélemy	Freights Barbados	Cherry Hill East Coast	Sunset Tobago	Freights Barbados	Freights Barbados	La Tortue Saint Barthélemy	Freights Barbados	Cherry Hill East Coast	Cherry Hill East Coast	La Tortue Saint Barthélemy	La Tortue Saint Barthélemy	La Tortue Saint Barthélemy	La Tortue Saint Barthélemy	La Tortue Saint Barthélemy	Playa Corrales Caracas
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	778	778	805	805	20	805	20	20	628	20	274	269	20	20	628	20	274	274	628	628	628	628	628	778
Best forecast wave conditions in Barbados					Freights		Freights	Freights		Freights			Freights	Freights		Freights
Rating (10 max)					1		1	1		1			2	1		2
Best forecast wave conditions in Barbados					Freights Barbados		Freights Barbados	Freights Barbados		Freights Barbados			Freights Barbados	Freights Barbados		Freights Barbados
Rating (10 max)					1		1	1		1			2	1		2
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Rating (10 max)	7	7	6	6	5	5	9	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	8	9	8	4	7	6	5	5

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