Sandwood Bay surf break

Sandwood Bay surfForecast / Scot – North Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 11 Aug 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
13.8° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Sandwood Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Sandwood Bay at 8AM is: 1.6m 9s primary swell from a West direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction, 0.2m 17s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am August 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Aug)5ft (1.6m)9s
Afternoon (11 Aug)5ft (1.6m)10s
Evening (11 Aug)4.5ft (1.3m)9s

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

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Monday
11
Tuesday
12
Wednesday
13
Thu
14
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
W
1.6
W
1.6
W
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.4
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1
W
1
W
1
W
0.8
W
1.1
W
0.7
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
Period(s) (?)9999101099998888888899991110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)40343349652843638742332427820518217414318311710683758297154232332279
Wind
(km/h)
40
SW
25
WSW
15
W
15
WSW
20
WSW
15
SW
15
S
15
S
15
S
10
S
20
SSW
30
SW
25
SW
15
SSW
10
S
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
5
NNE
15
NE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:29AM
4.66
9:38PM
5.04
10:06AM
4.67
10:17PM
5.01
10:46AM
4.58
10:59PM
4.88
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:33AM
0.54
3:44PM
0.82
4:09AM
0.43
4:21PM
0.80
4:48AM
0.46
5:00PM
0.88
Monday
11
Tuesday
12
Wednesday
13
Thu
14
Sunrise-5:30-------5:33-------5:35------
Sunset-----9:17-------9:15-------9:13--
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Rain (mm)
11----1--1------------1-
Temp. °C141413131415151616161717171717161514151616161515
Feels °C (?)81110111113141515151513131516151413151614131212
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Scot - North Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Sandwood Bay (calm at Lochinver 44 km from Sandwood Bay). 1.2m 5s windswell from the WSW with a 0.9m 8s swell from the WNW and a 0.3m 9s swell from the NNW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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5 km/h
WSW
0.0
13.8
Air / Water (°C)
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