Sandwood Bay surf break

Sandwood Bay surfForecast / Scot – North Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 08 Apr 2026 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
7.6° 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 7PM is: 1.7m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm April 08). An open ocean swell of 1.3m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)6ft (1.8m)13s
Afternoon (08 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)12s
Evening (08 Apr)7.5ft (2.3m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
!
0
0
0
!
!
!
!
!
!
2
0
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
WNW
1.9
W
1.6
W
1.7
W
2.3
W
2.4
W
2.1
W
2
W
1.8
W
2.5
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3.5
W
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.4
WNW
2
WNW
1.8
WNW
Period(s) (?)131312121112121112121414141515151515151514141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)112711367618001334152211461004864173533883571411055465920576253224786452237833155226515091127
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSW
30
SW
40
SW
40
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SW
35
WSW
40
SW
35
SW
25
WSW
40
W
35
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
SW
25
SSW
5
SSE
30
ESE
35
SE
40
ESE
60
SE
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
glassoffoffoffoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:39AM
3.68
12:02AM
3.75
12:39PM
3.40
1:13AM
3.52
2:15PM
3.22
2:46AM
3.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:49PM
1.86
6:20AM
1.87
6:36PM
2.14
7:25AM
2.09
8:01PM
2.34
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunrise-------6:26-------6:22-------6:20
Sunset---8:15-------8:17-------8:21----
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
Rain (mm)
-------21---21--------11
Temp. °C999999976776565566776555
Feels °C (?)32101220-2-3-20-4-3-4-3-2-14-1-3-4-8-2
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