Sandbank 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 13.23° N 59.54° W

Issued: 7 am 21 Oct 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 (21 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (21 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 13s period with NNW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 12s period with NNW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 11s period with NNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Sandbank at 3PM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.7m 7s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am October 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (21 Oct)	1.5ft (0.5m)	13s
Afternoon (21 Oct)	2ft (0.6m)	12s
Evening (21 Oct)	2.5ft (0.7m)	11s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Warm (max 29°C on Wed morning, min 26°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.
	Wednesday 21							Thursday 22								Friday 23
	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
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNW 13	NNW 13	NNW 12	NNW 12	NNW 12	NNW 11	NNW 11	NNW 11	N 11	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 9	N 9	N 9	N 9	N 10	E 7	N 9
Wave Graph
kJ	102	98	119	115	107	128	95	123	83	80	104	98	96	94	94	90	64	63	61	63	65	66	47
Wind (km/h)	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross	cross	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				12:48PM0.63m				00:36AM0.65m				1:11PM0.68m				1:23AM0.69m				1:37PM0.73m
Low Tide		6:13AM0.28m				6:38PM0.36m				6:52AM0.27m				7:17PM0.28m				7:27AM0.26m				7:54PM0.20m


	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	5:36	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:35	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	1	2	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	1	—	—	—	1	—	—
Temp °C	27	28	29	29	28	28	28	27	27	28	29	29	28	28	27	27	26	28	28	29	28	28	27
Feels °C	29	30	30	31	30	31	31	30	29	30	31	30	29	30	30	29	28	30	29	30	30	30	28
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 9	NNW 13	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 7	NNW 11	ESE 8	ESE 7	ESE 7	N 10	N 10	N 10	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	N 9	N 10	N 9	N 9
kJ	41	98	75	75	47	128	58	57	57	80	104	98	57	48	47	47	47	46	46	63	65	45	43
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNW 13	N 9	NNW 12	NNW 12	NNW 12	NNE 8	NNW 11	NNW 11	N 11	NNE 8	NE 9	NE 8	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 9	N 9	N 9	NNW 12	NNW 11	NNW 11	SE 7
kJ	102	38	119	115	107	22	95	123	83	12	19	18	96	94	94	90	64	63	61	26	24	23	25
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 12	ESE 8	N 8	N 8	NNE 8	SE 8	NNE 8	N 8	NNE 8	NNE 12	NNE 8	—	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NNW 15	NNW 11
kJ	50	20	35	35	23	16	21	31	12	28	12	—	17	17	16	15	14	14	14	9	8	42	47
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 6	E 6	—	ESE 6	—	E 6	—	—	—	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	—	—	—	—	—	—	ESE 7	ESE 7	E 7	E 4
kJ	34	34	—	33	—	29	—	—	—	57	57	57	70	—	—	—	—	—	—	55	54	66	17
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	12	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	778	416	264	331	15
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1					1
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1					1
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Rating (10 max)	6	9	9	9	9	7	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

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