Sandy Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 35.54° S 174.47° E

Issued: 12 pm 05 Nov 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 (05 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 8s period with NE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 8s period with NE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 8s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Sandy Bay at 4PM is: 1.3m 8s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (05 Nov)	4.5ft (1.4m)	8s
Afternoon (05 Nov)	4.5ft (1.3m)	8s
Evening (05 Nov)	3.5ft (1.1m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Fri morning. Warm (max 20°C on Fri morning, min 15°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (light winds from the N on Thu morning, fresh winds from the NNW by Sat afternoon).
	Thu 5					Friday 6								Saturday 7								Sun 8
	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	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	NNE 6	N 6	NNE 7	NNE 7	N 7	N 7	N 7	N 7	NNW 7	NNW 7	N 7
Wave Graph
kJ	233	233	188	163	140	136	145	145	141	95	78	84	82	72	92	240	237	107	168	179	159	180	161	94
Wind (km/h)	N	NNE	N	NNW	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	N	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	NNW	N	NNW	NNW	NW	NW	NW	NW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide				4:56PM2.23m				5:29AM2.13m				5:50PM2.23m				6:26AM2.18m				6:41PM2.24m
Low Tide		10:24AM0.48m				11:01PM0.42m				11:24AM0.49m				11:54PM0.38m				12:18PM0.47m				00:44AM0.34m


	6:16	—	—	—	—	—	6:15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:13	—
	—	—	—	7:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:55	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:57	—	—	—	7:58
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	18	19	19	19	18	17	17	17	19	20	19	19	18	18	17	18	18	19	20	18	17	15	15	15
Feels °C	19	18	17	18	18	16	16	16	18	20	18	19	18	17	15	16	16	15	15	14	15	13	14	14
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	N 6	NNE 7	NNE 7	NE 7	ENE 7	NE 8	ENE 7	N 7	N 7	N 7
kJ	233	233	188	163	140	136	145	145	141	95	78	84	82	58	92	192	175	107	86	82	64	111	93	94
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 10	N 6	N 16	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 15	N 15	N 15	N 10	NE 7	N 15	N 15	N 16	N 16	N 16	NNE 13	ENE 7	ENE 8	ENE 8
kJ	9	9	9	9	8	19	5	2	2	2	19	17	4	2	91	4	17	19	20	20	17	70	78	72
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 19	N 18	N 18	N 18	N 17	N 17	N 10	N 16	N 17	N 16	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 15	N 10	N 10	N 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	N 16	N 16	N 13	N 14
kJ	7	7	7	6	6	5	2	5	5	5	2	2	2	4	2	2	3	6	5	6	20	20	14	36
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	N 7	N 6	N 6	—	—	—	N 6	N 6	N 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNW 6	NNE 7	NNE 7	N 7	N 7	N 7	N 7	NNW 7	NNW 7	—
kJ	—	—	—	37	28	38	—	—	—	30	28	34	40	72	87	240	237	107	168	179	159	180	161	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Whananaki Beach Northland	Okupe Beach Northland	Matauri Bay Northland	Ngunguru Bar Northland	Sandy Bay Northland	Sandy Bay Northland	Whananaki Beach Northland	Sandy Bay Northland	Ngunguru Bar Northland	Whananaki Beach Northland	Ninety Mile Beach Northland	Elliot Bay Northland	Matauri Bay Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Ruakaka Northland	Ruakaka Northland	Taupo Bay Northland	Whatipu Auckland	Orewa Beach Auckland	Daniels Reef Northland	Whananaki Beach Northland	Whananaki Beach Northland	Sandy Bay Northland	Sandy Bay Northland
Rating (10 max)	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	2	2
Distance (km)	3	11	75	12	0	0	3	0	12	3	127	33	75	80	41	41	91	168	117	90	3	3	0	0
Best forecast wave conditions in Northland	Elliot Bay	Ngunguru Bar	Matauri Bay	Ngunguru Bar	Fairway Reef	Fairway Reef	Fairway Reef	Matauri Bay	Fairway Reef	Matauri Bay	Ninety Mile Beach	Matauri Bay	Matauri Bay	Te Paki	Waipapakauri Beach	Te Paki	Taupo Bay			Daniels Reef	Pakiri beach	Forestry	Moureeses	Takou Bay
Rating (10 max)	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	2	2	2	2			1	2	3	2	2
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Whatipu Auckland	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Mussel Rock Auckland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Westport Breakwater West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ninety Mile Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Wainui Beach - Whales Gisborne and Mahia	Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe Gisborne and Mahia	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tairua Bar Coromandel	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago
Rating (10 max)	3	3	1	3	2	2	1	2	2	1	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	8	8	7	6	6	7	5	5	9	8	7	6	5	5

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