Sandford Bay Surf Forecast and Surf Reports
(Scotland – East Coast, UK)
Sandford Bay Spot ID
Type: beach and reef
Reliability: fairly consistent
Best: Swell NNE | Wind W
Sea Temperature Today is: 8.0 °C
| Tue | Wednesday 26 | |||
| 9PM | 0AM | 3AM | 6AM | |
| Wave (m) |
 NNE |
 E |
 E |
 NNE |
| Period (s) | 11 | 8 | 8 | 10 |
| Wind (km/h) |  |
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| Wind State | off | off | off | off |
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Sandford Bay on the East Coast is a sheltered beach and reef break that has quite reliable surf. Winter and spring are the favoured times of year to visit. Works best in offshore winds from the west. Groundswells and windswells are equally likely and the ideal swell direction is from the north northeast. The beach break provides left and right handers and there is also a left hand reef break.. Best around mid tide. Rarely crowded here. Beware of rocks,seals.
Forecast Wave Energy (Power): 12hrs
Tide Times:
For Peterhead, 3 km from Sandford Bay.
| NEXT | IS AT (local time) | remaining |
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Sandford Bay Tide Times and Tide Chart
Live Weather:
At Peterhead Harbour, 3 km from Sandford Bay.
- |  no report | Air temperature - °C |
Current weather near Sandford Bay
Buoy Data:
At Moray Firth WaveNet Site, 66 miles from Sandford Bay.
| 4PM | 5PM | 6PM | 7PM | |
| Data Age | 4 hr | 3 hr | 2 hr | 1 hr |
| Wave height (m) |
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| Dominant period (s) | 9.5 | 8.7 | 9.1 | 8.0 |
Overall Sandford Bay Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in February
Wind stats for Sandford Bay: see the variation in direction and stength by month.
Surf photos from
the gallery
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Use this relief map to navigate to Scot - East Coast surf spots and tide stations that are in the area of Sandford Bay
Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Sandford Bay:
(click location name for more details)- Closest break6 mi
- Second closest break13 mi
- Third closest break14 mi
- Fourth closest break16 mi
- Fifth closest break16 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Sandford Bay:
- Closest wave buoy66 mi
- Second closest wave buoy88 mi
- Third closest wave buoy88 mi
- Fourth closest wave buoy91 mi
- Fifth closest wave buoy94 mi
Tide stations nearest to Sandford Bay:
- Closest tide stationPeterhead2 mi
- Second closest tide stationFraserburgh17 mi
- Third closest tide stationAberdeen26 mi
- Fourth closest tide stationPortlethen32 mi
- Fifth closest tide stationStonehaven39 mi
Airports
- The closest passenger airport to Sandford Bay is Dyce (Aberdeen) Airport (ABZ) in U.k, 40 km (25 miles) away (directly).
- The second nearest airport to Sandford Bay is Lossiemouth Airport (LMO), also in U.k, 96 km (60 miles) away.
- Third is Wick Airport (WIC) in U.k., 133 km (83 miles) away.
- Inverness Airport (INV) in U.k is 135 km (84 miles) away.
- Dundee Airport (DND), also in U.k is the fifth nearest airport to Sandford Bay and is 137 km (85 miles) away.
This is the Surf-Forecast page for Sandford Bay, Scot - East Coast. Use the tab navigation above to view Sandford Bay sea temperature, Sandford Bay photographs, Sandford Bay detailed swell predictions, wind and weather forecasts, Sandford Bay webcams, current wind from Scot - East Coast live weather stations and Sandford Bay tide predictions. The United Kingdom swell maps link will open up the big picture showing United Kingdom and the surrounding seas. These swell maps can be animated to show the different swell components, wave energy, wave period, wave heights, together with wind and weather forecasts, current weather and sea state observations from United Kingdom wave-buoys, passing ships and coastal weather stations. Each of the forecast pages for this surf break feature a global and regional wavefinder tool to locate the best surf conditions in the area around Sandford Bay.
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