Sandy Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.54° S 174.47° E

Sandy Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 06 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Sandy Bay sea temperature is
16.1°C
1.1° 

Sandy Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Sandy Bay today (06 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 10s period with ENE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 9s period with ENE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 5s period with NNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Sandy Bay at 10AM is: 0.3m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 06). 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 (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Sep)1ft (0.3m)10s
Afternoon (06 Sep)1ft (0.3m)9s
Evening (06 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Mon morning. Very mild (max 18°C on Mon afternoon, min 10°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NNW on Sun night, light winds from the SW by Tue night).

Sunday
6
Monday
7
Tuesday
8
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
ENE
10
0.3
ENE
10
0.3
ENE
10
0.3
ENE
9
0.3
ENE
9
0.9
NNW
4
0.8
NNW
5
1
NNW
5
1.2
NNW
6
1.6
NNW
6
1.7
NNW
7
1.4
NNW
8
1.9
NNW
8
1.8
NNW
8
1.1
N
8
1.9
NNW
8
1.1
N
8
1
N
8
0.8
N
8
0.7
N
8
0.6
N
7
0.6
N
7
0.5
N
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
19
19
18
17
16
29
28
58
94
170
247
226
432
402
133
447
161
130
76
55
39
36
23
Wind (km/h)
10
WNW
10
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
30
NNW
25
NW
25
NNW
30
NNW
30
NW
35
NNW
30
NW
25
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
WSW
15
WSW
20
SW
25
SW
20
SSW
20
SW
10
SSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
1:36AM2.12m
2:17PM2.15m
2:41AM2.10m
3:27PM2.17m
3:52AM2.11m
4:36PM2.23m
Low Tide
7:49AM0.44m
8:30PM0.60m
8:54AM0.47m
9:38PM0.58m
10:02AM0.46m
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:35
6:33
6:31
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:06
6:06
6:07
 mm
1
3
1
Temp °C
12
12
13
17
17
15
15
16
16
16
16
16
18
15
13
13
14
13
14
15
16
13
11
Feels °C
9
9
10
13
12
11
11
12
11
11
11
12
14
11
9
8
10
10
10
10
11
9
8
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