Sandy Bay surf break

Sandy Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Tuesday 03 Mar 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 1.2°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 7PM is: 0.8m 12s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 03). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Afternoon (03 Mar)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (03 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)10s

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


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Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
0.9
ENE
0.8
NE
1.1
NE
0.9
ENE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.5
E
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
Period(s) (?)1010101210111010101099109991010101010121110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)225225145187234200949676747067483948363838564038774643
Wind
(km/h)
25
S
25
S
30
SSW
25
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
15
SSE
10
SE
5
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
SW
10
ENE
15
NNE
10
NNW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoncross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:03AM
2.41
8:27PM
2.33
8:51AM
2.45
9:14PM
2.37
9:35AM
2.46
9:58PM
2.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:05PM
0.39
2:21AM
0.31
2:51PM
0.33
3:05AM
0.30
3:34PM
0.30
3:46AM
0.32
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sunrise--------7:09-------7:11-------
Sunset---7:58-------7:57-------7:54----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C141717161413131315182019151514141618181917161515
Feels °C (?)8111010109101012151718131413131617151816151414
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