Sandwood Bay surf break

Sandwood Bay surfForecast / Scot – North Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Friday 02 Jan 2026 GMT
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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
9.8° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Sandwood Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Sandwood Bay at 3PM is: 4.5m 11s primary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Jan)20ft (6.0m)12s
Afternoon (02 Jan)15ft (4.5m)11s
Evening (02 Jan)15ft (4.5m)11s

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

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Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
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 (?)
6
NNW
5
NNW
4.5
NNW
4.5
NNW
4.5
NNW
4.5
NNW
5
N
5
NNW
4.5
N
5
N
5
N
4.5
N
4.5
N
4
N
4
N
4
N
3.5
N
3.5
N
3
N
3
N
3
N
3.5
N
3
N
2.5
N
Period(s) (?)121211111111111111111111111111111110101010101111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1056164245059481844864770623558845404563256325138466839843657318329632674214018141985255721371641
Wind
(km/h)
50
NNW
45
N
50
NNW
50
NNW
50
N
55
N
55
N
50
N
50
N
50
N
50
N
50
N
50
N
45
NNW
45
NNW
45
N
40
NNW
45
N
35
N
35
N
35
NNW
35
N
40
NNE
30
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
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
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:29PM
4.78
6:49AM
5.00
7:20PM
4.91
7:35AM
5.18
8:09PM
4.95
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:25PM
1.21
12:43AM
1.17
1:18PM
0.94
1:32AM
1.07
2:07PM
0.75
2:17AM
1.02
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Sunrise-9:08-------9:08-------9:07------
Sunset--3:37-------3:40-------3:41-----
light rain
light rain
light rain
light snow
light snow
light snow
light rain
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
cloud
light snow
cloud
light snow
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
241---3-------------2321
Temp. °C332222222211121221223234
Feels °C (?)-9-8-10-11-10-11-11-11-11-11-12-12-11-10-10-9-9-10-7-8-7-7-7-5
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