Sandy Bay surf break

Sandy Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 04 Feb 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
22.0° 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 9AM is: 0.7m 10s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.3m 18s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 04). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Afternoon (04 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)17s
Evening (04 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)16s

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

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Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sat
07
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
1
0
1
2
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.4
NNE
0.5
N
0.5
N
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.1
E
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
Period(s) (?)1010181717161616161515777151414881111101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)94921041019313513413485119113179168111109102968475215238220220225
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
10
W
10
W
10
NNW
15
NNE
5
NE
15
ESE
15
SE
15
SSE
25
ESE
25
ESE
20
E
15
E
10
E
5
NNW
10
W
10
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
15
SW
20
SW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:02AM
2.56
10:23PM
2.41
10:47AM
2.53
11:08PM
2.37
11:28AM
2.46
11:50PM
2.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:29AM
0.26
4:03PM
0.34
4:13AM
0.29
4:46PM
0.34
4:56AM
0.35
5:28PM
0.36
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sat
07
Sunrise-6:41-------6:43-------6:43------
Sunset-----8:28-------8:27-------8:25--
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---------11-------------
Temp. °C171720212020202019192020202019181718192124201615
Feels °C (?)161619211921191918161718192020181717171922181412
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