Sandbar 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 32.39° S 152.53° E

Issued: 4 am 05 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Sandbar sea temperature is

22.0°C

Sandbar 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 Sandbar today (05 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Nov, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 6s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Nov, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 7s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Sandbar at 10AM is: 0.5m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am November 05). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (05 Nov)	1.5ft (0.5m)	8s
Afternoon (05 Nov)	5ft (1.6m)	6s
Evening (05 Nov)	6ft (1.9m)	7s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Warm (max 22°C on Sat afternoon, min 15°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Thu afternoon, light winds from the NW by Sat morning).
	Thursday 5								Friday 6								Saturday 7								Sun 8
	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	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	S 6	S 7	S 7	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 7	E 9	E 9	SSE 7	S 6	S 7	S 8
Wave Graph
kJ	42	32	33	33	187	247	338	491	783	608	548	516	450	324	219	153	124	93	72	54	40	42	70	302	569	1045
Wind (km/h)	WNW	WSW	W	SW	S	S	SSW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	SSE	E	ENE	NNE	N	N	NNW	NW	E	ENE	NNE	SSE	SSW	SSW	SW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off
High Tide			6:14AM1.32m				6:10PM1.33m				6:55AM1.43m				6:59PM1.28m				7:33AM1.53m				7:44PM1.24m
Low Tide	11:50PM0.17m				12:13PM0.40m				00:30AM0.17m				1:07PM0.32m				1:05AM0.18m				1:54PM0.26m				1:38AM0.20m


	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:47	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:46
	—	—	—	—	—	7:17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:20	—	—	—	7:20
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	2	1
Temp °C	18	19	19	21	20	18	18	17	16	15	16	18	18	19	19	19	17	16	17	21	21	22	20	18	15	15
Feels °C	17	13	16	16	12	11	12	13	12	12	14	17	16	16	14	14	14	14	16	19	18	18	16	13	8	8
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 9	E 9	E 9	S 8	S 8	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 7	S 7	S 7	NE 4	E 9	E 9	E 9
kJ	42	32	33	33	35	39	40	40	597	499	548	516	450	324	219	153	124	93	72	54	37	35	16	43	43	43
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 6	NNE 7	S 4	NE 8	NE 7	NE 7	—	E 15	E 9	E 8	E 8	E 9	E 9	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 9	NE 6	NE 6	E 9	E 9	E 9	S 7	NE 6	S 18	NE 6
kJ	10	5	8	2	2	2	—	4	38	37	37	38	38	24	24	24	25	24	20	40	40	42	24	5	6	1
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 7	S 8	NNE 7	S 12	E 15	—	E 15	—	E 15	E 15	E 14	E 14	E 14	E 14	E 14	E 14	E 14	ENE 9	E 9	NE 6	NE 6	S 16	E 9	S 18	S 18	S 17
kJ	5	5	5	3	4	—	4	—	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	26	40	12	13	5	42	6	24	6
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	SSW 6	WSW 3	SSW 4	S 6	S 7	S 7	S 8	S 8	S 8	—	—	—	ENE 2	NE 3	NE 4	NE 5	NNE 5	—	—	—	NE 3	SSE 7	S 6	S 7	S 8
kJ	—	20	3	32	187	247	338	491	783	608	—	—	—	1	9	22	36	66	—	—	—	8	70	302	569	1045
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Sandbar NSW - Port Macquarie	Zenith Beach NSW - Newcastle	Elim NSW - Port Macquarie	Tuncurry-North Wall NSW - Port Macquarie	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Woody Head NSW - North Coast	Hat Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Boomerang Beach (South) NSW - Port Macquarie	Boomerang Beach (South) NSW - Port Macquarie	Forster Beach NSW - Port Macquarie	Sandbar NSW - Port Macquarie	Boomerang Beach (South) NSW - Port Macquarie	Turners Beach NSW - North Coast	The Pass NSW - North Coast	Lighthouse Beach Port Macquarie NSW - Port Macquarie	Newcastle Beach NSW - Newcastle	Yacaaba Head-Boulders NSW - Port Macquarie	Sandbar NSW - Port Macquarie	Sandbar NSW - Port Macquarie	Hawks Nest-Mungo Brush NSW - Port Macquarie	Yacaaba Head-Boulders NSW - Port Macquarie	Little Gibber - Dark Point NSW - Newcastle	Diamond Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Tuncurry-North Wall NSW - Port Macquarie	Tuncurry-North Wall NSW - Port Macquarie	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	4	3	3	3	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3
Distance (km)	0	49	8	24	267	346	158	2	2	21	0	2	339	431	109	92	16	0	0	15	16	34	79	24	24	43
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1			2	3	4	4	3	3			2	2	1	1	1	1	1		1	2	2	3
Best forecast wave conditions in Australia	Cyclops WA - Far South	Cyclops WA - Far South	Surfers Point WA - Margaret River	Surfers Point WA - Margaret River	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Shipstern Bluff TAS - East Coast	Shallows NSW - Newcastle	Boneyard NSW - Illawarra	South Point WA - Margaret River	Bells Beach - Rincon VIC - Torquay	Bells Beach - Rincon VIC - Torquay	Bells Beach - Rincon VIC - Torquay	Bells Beach - Rincon VIC - Torquay	Rocky Point WA - Margaret River	Surfers Point WA - Margaret River	Surfers Point WA - Margaret River	Surfers Point WA - Margaret River	Surfers Point WA - Margaret River	Surfers Point WA - Margaret River	Bilgola Beach NSW - Sydney North Coast	Daly Heads SA - Yorke Peninsula	Pink Rocks NSW - Far South	Guillotines NSW - South Coast	Trial Harbour TAS - West Coast	Trial Harbour TAS - West Coast
Rating (10 max)	4	4	5	5	1	1	2	4	4	5	3	3	3	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	1	3	3	2	5	5
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	5	5	4	5	4	5	5	5	4	5	8	8	7	6	6	6	5	8	9	8	7	7	6	5

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