Sandwood Bay surf break

Sandwood Bay surfForecast / Scot – North Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 02 Oct 2025 BST
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Sandwood Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Sandwood Bay sea temperature is
13.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Sandwood Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Sandwood Bay at 12AM is: 1.4m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 02). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Oct)--
Afternoon (03 Oct)5ft (1.6m)11s
Evening (03 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)11s

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

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Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
2
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.4
W
2.1
WNW
1.1
W
1.1
W
1.3
W
1.1
W
1
W
3.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
WNW
6.5
NW
6.5
NW
7.5
NW
8.5
NW
8
NW
8
NW
7.5
NW
6.5
NW
6
NW
3.5
NNW
3
NNW
Period(s) (?)1111111111111110101081091112121314141413121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)606524457475101627426936723919015573405328910461119721590223949258722490620978148661056735782308
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
35
WNW
25
W
20
SW
15
ESE
35
ESE
35
SE
95
SSW
55
WSW
60
WNW
65
WNW
70
WNW
75
WNW
65
WNW
65
WNW
65
WNW
60
WNW
55
WNW
45
W
45
W
40
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
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
/ height (m)
4:45PM
3.79
5:35AM
3.77
5:36PM
4.11
6:15AM
4.12
6:16PM
4.45
6:50AM
4.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:24PM
1.90
11:45AM
1.95
12:09AM
1.48
12:25PM
1.57
12:47AM
1.05
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Sunrise------7:26-------7:30-------7:31-
Sunset6:52-------6:49-------6:45-------
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
9813111-57310531111------
Temp. °C1415141412121112121210121010991010101010111112
Feels °C (?)13141212577955-92-2-3-6-6-4-3-3-2-1124
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Scot - North Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at Sandwood Bay (light winds from the SSE at Lochinver 44 km from Sandwood Bay). 1.2m 11s groundswell from the WNW with a 0.3m 9s swell from the N. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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44 km away, 36 min ago

13 km/h
SSE
0.0
13.2
Air / Water (°C)
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