Sandsend Bay surf break

Sandsend Bay surfForecast / North East England / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Saturday 17 Jan 2026 GMT
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Sandsend Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Sandsend Bay sea temperature is
7.9° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Sandsend Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Sandsend Bay at 9AM is: 0.8m 5s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)5s
Afternoon (17 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)5s
Evening (17 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)4s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
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
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
ESE
0.7
SE
0.8
ESE
0.7
SE
0.8
SE
0.5
ESE
0.5
E
0.3
ENE
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.4
E
0.5
E
0.6
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
1
E
1
E
1
ESE
1
ESE
Period(s) (?)555555444444544556666666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)16233224261210333338614243754535064645860
Wind
(km/h)
15
SE
15
SE
20
SE
15
SE
10
SSE
10
S
10
S
5
SSE
5
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
15
SE
20
SE
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:03AM
4.84
3:15PM
5.08
3:43AM
5.00
3:51PM
5.26
4:21AM
5.13
4:26PM
5.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:11AM
1.95
9:39PM
1.69
9:49AM
1.80
10:16PM
1.48
10:25AM
1.68
10:52PM
1.31
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
Sunrise--8:14-------8:11-------8:11-----
Sunset----4:10-------4:13-------4:15---
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------11--1-------
Temp. °C567777787778777888787667
Feels °C (?)123344465545433554232213
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