Sandy Bay surf break

Sandy Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 07 Feb 2026 NZDT
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Sandy Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Sandy Bay sea temperature is
22.0° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Sandy Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Sandy Bay at 9AM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 07). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Feb)3ft (0.9m)10s
Afternoon (07 Feb)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (07 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)9s

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

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Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tue
10
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
NE
0.8
ENE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
Period(s) (?)10101010109999999998888888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)18917817113911790908886675150614635353433323122202025
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
15
SW
20
SSW
10
S
10
S
5
W
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
20
SW
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
W
15
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
SW
10
SSW
15
ESE
10
ENE
0
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
on
onglasscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:08PM
2.36
12:32AM
2.22
12:48PM
2.24
1:14AM
2.13
1:28PM
2.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:37AM
0.43
6:08PM
0.41
6:19AM
0.52
6:48PM
0.48
7:03AM
0.62
7:31PM
0.56
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tue
10
Sunrise-6:45-------6:46-------6:47------
Sunset-----8:25-------8:24-------8:23--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151518232523181717181922242419171615182221201918
Feels °C (?)131316222424171616171822252519161514172121211918
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