Sandy Bay surf break

Sandy Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Sunday 07 Sep 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
15.4° C
(Which is 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: 1.0m 8s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 07). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Afternoon (07 Sep)3ft (0.9m)8s
Evening (07 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)8s

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

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Sunday
07
Monday
08
Tuesday
09
Wed
10
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
NNE
1.2
NNE
1.1
NNE
1
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.6
NNE
0.6
NNE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.6
NE
1
E
1.3
ESE
1.1
E
1
E
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
0.5
NE
0.7
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
Period(s) (?)8888888888888877768810999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)2222261881581291048261624948374048188284147131127114138130132129
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
15
WSW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
15
SSW
10
S
10
SE
10
SSE
10
ESE
5
SSE
5
ENE
5
N
5
NNE
5
NNW
5
NNW
15
NNW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
crossglasscross-
on
glassglasscrosscrossoffoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:28AM
2.13
7:01PM
2.31
7:19AM
2.25
7:48PM
2.42
8:08AM
2.35
8:33PM
2.50
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:14AM
0.54
12:32PM
0.39
1:03AM
0.39
1:20PM
0.27
1:50AM
0.25
2:06PM
0.19
Sunday
07
Monday
08
Tuesday
09
Wed
10
Sunrise--6:33-------6:31-------6:31-----
Sunset-----6:06-------6:07-------6:07--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
---------------1221111--
Temp. °C10101314151311111112111211121210111111111212109
Feels °C (?)667798778889891099101099976
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Northland

  1. weather stationWind Update Offshore wind has become cross-off at Sandy Bay (moderate winds from the SW at Whangarei Aero Automatic Weather Station 27 km from Sandy Bay). 1.3m 9s swell from the NNE to make surfable waves.

    Sandy Bay
  2. weather stationWind Update Offshore wind has become cross-off at Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks (moderate winds from the SSW at Kaitaia Airport 18 km from Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks). A 3.8m groundswell from the SW

    Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks
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27 km away, 42 min ago

20 km/h
SW
0.0
15.4
Air / Water (°C)
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