Sandy Bay surf break

Sandy Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Wednesday 09 Jul 2025 NZST
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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
16.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Sandy Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Sandy Bay at 10PM is: 1.7m 13s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 1.0m 5s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm July 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jul)--
Afternoon (09 Jul)5.5ft (1.7m)13s
Evening (09 Jul)5.5ft (1.7m)13s

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

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Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thu
17
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
2.2
N
2.5
N
2.5
N
2.1
N
1.9
NNE
1.2
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
1
E
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.8
ESE
1
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.9
ESE
Period(s) (?)1313131313121213121212121212127788812121212121212121211111111111111111111111111111010101010101010101010101010101011
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)9799579867246886576696696075395065065986077048371098116990786574812461147607541718582543501369367395396294284270220222211217203201233222192188154156166156139143147175240199174174208267
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
N
15
N
20
NNE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
NE
30
NNE
30
N
30
N
35
NNE
40
N
45
N
40
N
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
NW
25
NW
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
10
WNW
10
W
10
W
10
W
10
W
10
W
10
W
10
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
20
NW
25
NW
30
NW
15
WNW
10
W
10
WSW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
SW
5
S
15
SSE
10
S
10
SW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:32PM
2.12
6:33AM
2.05
7:16PM
2.19
7:20AM
2.11
7:59PM
2.27
8:05AM
2.16
8:41PM
2.33
8:50AM
2.20
9:23PM
2.36
9:34AM
2.22
10:06PM
2.38
10:19AM
2.23
10:49PM
2.38
11:04AM
2.22
11:33PM
2.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:21AM
0.72
12:38PM
0.52
1:08AM
0.65
1:23PM
0.45
1:54AM
0.58
2:07PM
0.39
2:40AM
0.51
2:51PM
0.35
3:26AM
0.46
3:34PM
0.33
4:10AM
0.41
4:19PM
0.33
4:55AM
0.37
5:05PM
0.36
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thu
17
Sunrise------7:30-------7:30-------7:30-------7:28-------7:28-------7:28-------7:28-----
Sunset5:22-------5:23-------5:23-------5:24-------5:24-------5:25-------5:27-------5:27---
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Rain (mm)
11--1126313564698136---------1-1------------------1----------
Temp. °C151515151515151515151515161616161716161413131316171413131414141515131211111111151613121112131416161412121211121414131111
Feels °C (?)1212121213131211121211111212111010101411910912141210111112121111111099981213101089101011111210101091013111088
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