Sandy Bay surf break

Sandy Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 15 Apr 2026 NZST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
20.9° C
(Which is 1.7°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 11AM is: 0.7m 12s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 15). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Afternoon (15 Apr)2ft (0.6m)12s
Evening (15 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sat
18
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
Period(s) (?)131312121212121212111111111111141414141414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)26420614814410472724646432424232312161637363963595755
Wind
(km/h)
25
W
25
WSW
25
W
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
SW
25
SW
20
SW
10
WSW
10
W
15
W
15
WSW
10
W
5
NW
15
NNW
15
NW
15
WNW
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:07AM
2.12
5:33PM
2.07
5:58AM
2.23
6:26PM
2.20
6:48AM
2.33
7:17PM
2.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:16AM
0.48
11:36PM
0.46
12:06PM
0.33
12:27AM
0.35
12:55PM
0.20
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sat
18
Sunrise--6:45-------6:46-------6:47-----
Sunset----5:58-------5:55-------5:54---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------1------------
Temp. °C161617191917151515151718181615141414161919181616
Feels °C (?)121213141513121312121415131213111212151817161413
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Sandy Bay surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest