Sandbank 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 13.23° N 59.54° W

Issued: 7 am 20 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 (20 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (20 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 11s period with N swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 10s period with N swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 14s period with NNE swell.

The current surf forecast for Sandbank at 11AM is: 0.7m 11s primary swell from a North direction and 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am October 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (20 Oct)	2.5ft (0.8m)	11s
Afternoon (20 Oct)	2ft (0.6m)	10s
Evening (20 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	14s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Warm (max 29°C on Tue morning, min 27°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.
	Tuesday 20							Wednesday 21								Thursday 22
	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)	N 12	N 12	N 11	N 10	N 9	N 9	NNE 14	NNW 14	NNW 13	NNW 13	ESE 8	NNW 12	NNW 12	NNW 11	NNW 11	NNW 11	N 11	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10
Wave Graph
kJ	177	174	112	65	61	83	66	78	102	98	119	115	107	128	95	123	83	80	104	98	96	94	94
Wind (km/h)	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	ESE	ESE	E	ESE	E	E	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	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
High Tide				12:23PM0.58m				11:36PM0.61m				12:48PM0.63m				00:36AM0.65m				1:11PM0.68m
Low Tide		5:24AM0.28m				5:49PM0.42m				6:13AM0.28m				6:38PM0.36m				6:52AM0.27m				7:17PM0.28m


	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	5:36	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:36	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:35	—	—
mm	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	1	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	27	28	29	29	28	28	27	27	27	28	29	29	29	28	28	28	27	28	29	29	28	28	27
Feels °C	29	30	30	30	29	30	29	29	29	29	30	31	31	30	30	30	29	29	30	30	30	30	29
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 6	N 10	N 9	N 9	N 9	N 9	N 9	NNW 13	NNW 12	NNW 12	NNW 12	E 7	ESE 7	NNW 11	ESE 7	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10
kJ	77	73	56	65	61	83	60	61	41	98	119	115	107	56	73	123	73	80	104	98	96	94	94
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 12	N 12	N 11	NNE 14	N 11	NNE 14	NNE 14	NNW 14	NNW 13	N 9	N 8	N 8	NNE 8	NNW 11	NNW 11	NNE 8	N 11	NNE 8	NE 9	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	ESE 7
kJ	177	174	112	61	39	37	66	78	102	38	35	35	23	128	95	20	83	12	19	18	17	17	37
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	N 11	NNE 14	ESE 8	NNW 15	ESE 8	NNE 12	NNE 12	NNE 12	SE 8	ESE 8	NNE 8	NNE 8	ENE 7	NNE 8	NNE 12	NNE 8	NE 8	SSE 7	SSE 7	SE 7
kJ	14	14	14	38	37	13	42	12	50	30	51	17	12	22	21	4	12	28	12	11	5	5	2
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	ESE 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 5	E 6	ESE 8	E 5	E 6	ESE 8	—	ESE 7	—	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 8	ENE 8
kJ	—	—	—	53	52	51	49	46	32	40	94	32	39	99	—	73	—	73	73	71	73	75	48
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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)	14	14	13	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	13	13	13
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Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	6	6	7	7	7	7	9	9	9	9	8	8	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	5

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