Sandy Bay surf break

Sandy Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 07 Apr 2026 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
20.9° C
(Which is 1.3°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 10AM is: 3.5m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 07). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)11ft (3.5m)9s
Afternoon (07 Apr)13ft (4.0m)9s
Evening (07 Apr)7.5ft (2.3m)9s

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


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Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
3
2
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
4
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
ENE
3.5
ENE
3.5
ENE
3.5
ENE
4
NE
4
NE
2.3
E
2.3
E
2.2
E
1.9
E
2
E
1.9
E
1.9
E
1.8
E
1.6
N
1.5
N
1.5
N
1.5
N
1.6
N
1.7
NNE
2
NNE
2
NNE
1.9
NNE
1.8
NNE
Period(s) (?)999999999999111114141414151516161515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1550194020412089234421889548747755676425887987161033868905951118513641889184215401330
Wind
(km/h)
40
ENE
40
ENE
40
ENE
45
ENE
40
NE
40
NE
30
NNE
25
NNE
15
N
10
N
5
N
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
WSW
10
SSW
10
S
10
S
10
S
10
S
10
SSE
5
SE
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
glasscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:29AM
2.09
10:57PM
2.11
11:04AM
2.01
11:35PM
2.04
11:43AM
1.94
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:15AM
0.55
4:30PM
0.49
4:57AM
0.63
5:10PM
0.57
5:43AM
0.71
5:55PM
0.65
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
Sunrise--6:39-------6:39-------6:41-----
Sunset-----6:07-------6:07-------6:06--
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
clear
rain showers
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
mod rain
rain showers
Rain (mm)
8786633211---1-111212261
Temp. °C181819181920212121202122222219181818181919191919
Feels °C (?)131213121315181921212324242419181919192020212120
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