Sandy Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 35.54° S 174.47° E

Issued: 6 am 15 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Sandy Bay sea temperature is

17.0°C

Sandy Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Sandy Bay today (15 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (15 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 6s period with NNW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 7s period with NNW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 7s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for Sandy Bay at 10AM is: 1.6m 6s primary swell from a North direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (15 Oct)	4.5ft (1.4m)	6s
Afternoon (15 Oct)	6ft (1.8m)	7s
Evening (15 Oct)	3.5ft (1.0m)	7s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Very mild (max 17°C on Thu morning, min 9°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the NNW on Thu morning, light winds from the SSW by Sat afternoon).
	Thursday 15							Friday 16								Saturday 17
	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 10	N 5	N 6	NNW 7	N 7	N 7	N 7	N 7	N 7	N 7	NNW 7	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 10	ESE 6	SE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7
Wave Graph
kJ	61	64	181	299	176	117	77	60	34	37	36	23	23	23	23	23	80	221	138	142	93	50	38
Wind (km/h)	NNW	NNW	NNW	SW	WSW	W	WNW	WNW	W	W	WSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	SSE	SE	ESE	SSW	SSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	cross	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide				11:12AM2.24m				11:20PM2.12m				11:50AM2.16m				11:57PM2.04m				12:29PM2.08m
Low Tide		4:40AM0.38m				5:04PM0.53m				5:18AM0.46m				5:47PM0.61m				5:58AM0.55m				6:33PM0.68m


	6:39	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:39	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:37	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	7:36	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:37	—
mm	—	—	1	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	17	17	17	13	17	15	13	13	13	13	14	16	16	14	11	11	9	9	11	12	13	14	12
Feels °C	13	13	10	7	12	9	8	8	7	7	8	10	10	8	6	7	3	3	5	5	8	10	8
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 10	NE 10	NE 10	ENE 10	N 7	N 7	N 7	N 7	N 7	N 7	NNW 7	NNE 7	N 7	NE 9	NE 9	NE 10	NE 10	ESE 7	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	ESE 7	ESE 7
kJ	61	45	45	36	176	117	77	60	34	37	36	15	14	23	23	23	23	138	24	25	23	50	38
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 10	N 12	—	N 12	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	NE 10	NE 10	N 5	NE 10	NE 9	NE 9	NNW 6	NNW 6	N 6	N 6	NE 10	NE 13	NE 13	N 18	NE 10	NE 10
kJ	2	3	—	3	36	36	35	23	24	12	23	23	23	8	8	3	3	23	7	7	6	24	27
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 12	N 10	—	E 16	E 16	E 16	N 11	N 11	N 11	NE 10	NE 14	NW 7	NE 14	NNE 6	NNE 6	NE 6	NE 14	NE 14	N 18	N 18	NE 13	E 16	E 16
kJ	3	2	—	5	5	5	2	2	2	23	8	12	8	4	4	2	7	7	6	6	7	20	19
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNW 4	N 5	N 6	NNW 7	WSW 4	W 3	WNW 3	WNW 3	NW 4	WNW 4	W 3	SW 3	SSW 4	SSW 4	SSW 4	S 3	ESE 6	SE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	—	—
kJ	27	64	181	299	16	1	4	8	16	11	5	6	17	18	13	6	80	221	138	142	93	—	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Loisell's East Cape	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Taupo Bay Northland	Sandy Bay Northland	Okupe Beach Northland	Ngunguru Bar Northland	Okupe Beach Northland	Whangamata Estuary Coromandel	Orewa Beach Auckland	Helena Bay Northland	Takou Bay Northland	Taipa Bay Northland	Taipa Bay Northland	Maketu Bar Bay of Plenty	Pataua Northland	Langs beach Northland	Langs beach Northland	Waipu Cove Northland	Taipa Bay Northland	Waipu Cove Northland	Sandy Bay Northland	Pareparea Bay Northland
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	224	469	490	91	0	11	12	11	227	117	15	68	110	110	303	20	57	57	55	110	55	0	9
Best forecast wave conditions in Northland				Taupo Bay	Bland Bay	Okupe Beach	Taupo Bay	Ngunguru Bar			Takou Bay	Takou Bay	Taipa Bay	Taipa Bay		Pakiri beach	Langs beach	Forestry	Taronui Bay-Bombora	Taipa Bay	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks	Fairway Reef	Takou Bay
Rating (10 max)				2	3	1	1	1			1	1	1	1		1	1	1	1	1	3	1	1
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Inner Cut Nelson - Tasman Bay	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating (10 max)	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5
Header Global	Ahijedero Mexico	Asu Indonesia	Dunmoran Strand Ireland	Asu Indonesia	Ahijedero Mexico	Fish Boma South Africa	Dolphin Point South Africa	Gerickes Point South Africa	Gerickes Point South Africa	Fish Boma South Africa	Sea Vista South Africa	Sea Vista South Africa	Tahai Chile	Afife Portugal	Hanga Poukura Chile	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Beach Road South Africa	Figueira da Foz - Buarcos Portugal	Balephuil (Tiree) United Kingdom	Ahijedero Mexico	Afife Portugal	Dunedin - Bobs Beach New Zealand
Rating (10 max)	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5

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