Sandy Bay surf break

Sandy Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 10 Jan 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
21.1° C
(Which is 1.1°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 11PM is: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 10). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)--
Afternoon (10 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Evening (10 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)12s

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

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Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.3
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
Period(s) (?)1212121212121111111111111110999913999912
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)484847474646434240404040392320212222252222212134
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
10
N
5
WSW
5
W
5
WSW
5
SW
10
N
20
N
25
NNW
15
NW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
WNW
5
W
5
W
15
N
10
NNE
5
E
10
S
15
S
15
S
15
S
10
SE
20
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crossglassoffglassoffcrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:30PM
2.30
1:55AM
2.13
2:15PM
2.19
2:46AM
2.05
3:02PM
2.09
3:42AM
1.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:30PM
0.48
7:43AM
0.60
8:16PM
0.54
8:33AM
0.69
9:04PM
0.60
9:27AM
0.76
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Sunrise-----6:16-------6:18-------6:18--
Sunset-8:40-------8:40-------8:39------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232321212019222525252320181722232323201716161817
Feels °C (?)232322212019222221242319181723222324201514141614
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