Sandbank 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 13.23° N 59.54° W

Issued: 1 pm 23 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Sandbank sea temperature is

29.6°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 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (23 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 9s period with N swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 9s period with N swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for Sandbank at 4PM is: 0.6m 9s primary swell from a North direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (23 Oct)	2ft (0.6m)	9s
Afternoon (23 Oct)	2ft (0.6m)	9s
Evening (23 Oct)	1.5ft (0.5m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 16mm), heaviest on Sat night. Warm (max 29°C on Sat morning, min 27°C on Fri night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Fri 23					Saturday 24								Sunday 25
	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)	N 9	N 9	N 9	N 9	N 9	NNW 13	NNW 13	NNW 12	NNW 12	E 6	E 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	E 6	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7
Wave Graph
kJ	61	64	64	44	43	68	65	83	79	80	98	130	134	194	225	233	245	277	272	272	279
Wind (km/h)	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	ESE	E	E	E	ESE
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		1:37PM0.73m					2:07AM0.72m				2:04PM0.78m				2:50AM0.73m				2:35PM0.81m
Low Tide				7:54PM0.20m					8:01AM0.26m				8:32PM0.12m				8:35AM0.26m				9:11PM0.05m


	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	5:35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:34	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:34	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	4	2	2	—	—	—	1
Temp °C	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	28	29	29	28	28	28	27	27	28	28	29	28	28	28
Feels °C	30	29	30	30	28	28	28	29	30	29	28	29	29	27	28	28	28	29	29	29	29
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 9	N 9	ESE 7	N 9	N 9	N 9	N 9	NNW 12	NNW 12	NNW 11	NNW 11	NNW 11	NNW 11	NNW 11	NNW 11	NNW 11	NNW 11	NNW 11	NNW 11	E 7	E 7
kJ	61	64	42	44	43	42	41	83	79	74	69	66	66	65	65	68	70	71	71	272	279
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 7	ESE 7	N 9	ESE 7	ESE 7	NNW 13	NNW 13	NNE 9	NNE 9	NNE 9	NNE 9	NNE 8	NNE 10	NNE 8	NNE 9	NNE 9	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NNW 11	NNW 11
kJ	36	36	64	21	21	68	65	27	15	15	25	24	9	7	15	15	19	19	18	71	97
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 7	NNW 12	NNW 11	NNW 11	NW 11	NNW 10	NNW 10	ESE 8	ESE 8	NNE 11	ENE 12	NE 12	NNE 8	NE 12	NE 11	NE 11	NNE 9	NNE 9	NNE 9	NE 10	NE 10
kJ	14	26	24	23	30	20	21	6	6	12	14	23	6	22	20	19	15	16	7	17	16
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	ENE 3	NE 7	E 4	E 4	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 6	E 6	E 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	E 6	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	—	—
kJ	—	1	13	6	16	36	53	57	62	80	98	130	134	194	225	233	245	277	272	—	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Los Caracas Caracas	Port Louis Grande Terre	Damien's Bay Tobago	Maycocks Barbados	Church Point Barbados	Church Point Barbados	Six Men's Bay Barbados	Church Point Barbados	Sunset Tobago	Sunset Tobago	La Tortue Saint Barthélemy	Otro Pais Caracas	Damien's Bay Tobago	Freights Barbados	Damien's Bay Tobago	Sunset Tobago	Mount Irvine Tobago	North Coast Surfside Tobago	Mount Irvine Tobago	Damien's Bay Tobago	Damien's Bay Tobago
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Distance (km)	818	416	331	15	12	12	13	12	269	269	628	833	331	20	331	269	264	253	264	331	331
Best forecast wave conditions in Barbados				Maycocks	Paradise Beach	Duppys	Duppys	Paradise Beach						Freights
Rating (10 max)				1	1	1	1	1						1
Best forecast wave conditions in Barbados				Maycocks Barbados	Paradise Beach Barbados	Duppys Barbados	Duppys Barbados	Paradise Beach Barbados						Freights Barbados
Rating (10 max)				1	1	1	1	1						1
Header Global	Benkunqut Indonesia	Playa de la Cagonera Spain	Trial Harbour Australia	Deba Spain	Deba Spain	Deba Spain	Trial Harbour Australia	Benkunqut Indonesia	Purakaunui Bay New Zealand	Trial Harbour Australia	Afife Portugal	Afife Portugal	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Deba Spain	Ahijedero Mexico	Vanthrax France	La Nora Spain	Cabo Lastres Spain	Deba Spain	Deba Spain
Rating (10 max)	5	6	7	7	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	5	5	5	5

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