Sandwood Bay surf break

Sandwood Bay surfForecast / Scot – North Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 19 Feb 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
7.8° 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 1PM is: 1.3m 12s primary swell from a North direction and 0.7m 13s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00am February 19). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)12s
Afternoon (19 Feb)4ft (1.2m)12s
Evening (19 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)11s

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

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Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
0
0
0
2
3
0
1
0
0
0
2
2
4
4
4
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
N
1.5
N
1.4
N
1.3
N
1.2
N
1.2
N
1.1
N
1.1
W
2.3
WSW
2.5
WSW
1.8
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1
W
1
W
1.1
W
1.6
W
1.1
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.8
W
1.7
WNW
Period(s) (?)131212121211111267101010109121218181717171616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)84869057448039035829136842355467638632617918037171473798314672162185916721493
Wind
(km/h)
15
SE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
ESE
5
SSE
10
SSE
15
SE
40
S
50
SW
45
SW
25
S
20
SSE
35
W
15
WSW
35
SW
45
SW
40
SW
10
NW
20
NE
15
ESE
10
SE
20
SE
50
SW
45
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
offcross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrossoncrosscross-
off
offoffcrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:17AM
5.12
8:40PM
4.80
8:51AM
5.14
9:14PM
4.76
9:28AM
5.04
9:51PM
4.62
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:24AM
0.84
2:47PM
0.51
2:57AM
0.77
3:21PM
0.50
3:32AM
0.82
3:57PM
0.62
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
Sunrise--7:43-------7:41-------7:39-----
Sunset----5:23-------5:27-------5:29---
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
Rain (mm)
-------1--2411121---123-
Temp. °C333444477654778888677798
Feels °C (?)-2-2-1010-1-2-4-4-1-1-141-1-151343-1-2
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