Sandy Bay surf break

Sandy Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 09 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 1.4°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 2PM is: 2.0m 16s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 1.5m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)16s
Afternoon (09 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)16s
Evening (09 Apr)6ft (1.9m)15s

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


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
3
3
3
3
4
4
2
2
2
1
1
!
!
0
0
0
0
0
!
!
!
!
!
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
NNE
2
NNE
2
NNE
2
NNE
1.9
NNE
1.8
NNE
1.8
NNE
1.8
NNE
2
NNE
2
NNE
2.3
NE
2.5
NE
3.5
ENE
4
ENE
4.5
ENE
4.5
ENE
5.5
ENE
6
ENE
5.5
ENE
6.5
ENE
7
ENE
7
ENE
8
ENE
7.5
ENE
Period(s) (?)161616151515151414141313131313131314141414141514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)15121889181817261652147214321283153815311804230543815027731276021002412789122091798518357191752532024756
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
15
SSE
15
SE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
15
S
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
25
SSE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SE
40
SE
40
SE
45
SE
45
SE
45
SE
50
ESE
50
ESE
55
ESE
55
SE
45
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:43AM
1.94
12:19AM
1.97
12:28PM
1.88
1:12AM
1.93
1:20PM
1.84
2:12AM
1.92
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:55PM
0.65
6:34AM
0.76
6:46PM
0.71
7:30AM
0.79
7:44PM
0.73
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Sunrise6:41-------6:41-------6:41-------
Sunset---6:06-------6:04-------6:02----
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
Rain (mm)
------------------228121615
Temp. °C171819191918181818191919191919191919192021212121
Feels °C (?)161718192018181716171616161514131213131415141416
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