Sandy Bay surf break

Sandy Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 26 Mar 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
21.2° C
(Which is 1.2°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 10PM is: 4.0m 10s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.2m 16s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.2m 16s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Mar)--
Afternoon (26 Mar)16ft (5.0m)10s
Evening (26 Mar)15ft (4.5m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
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!
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4
2
1
2
3
3
3
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
5
NE
4.5
NE
4
NE
4
NE
3.5
NE
3
NE
2.1
ENE
2.5
NE
2.5
NE
2.3
NE
2.1
NE
2
NE
1.9
NE
1.7
NE
1.6
NE
1.6
NE
1.4
NE
1.3
NE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.6
E
0.6
ESE
0.7
ESE
Period(s) (?)10101010109999988888887111110121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4867399732012723231017557611119958790634540456362291283229167167167123110119155
Wind
(km/h)
50
NNE
45
NNE
35
N
35
N
10
NW
10
NW
5
WNW
10
N
15
N
10
NNW
5
W
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
10
E
10
ENE
5
N
5
WNW
5
W
5
W
0
W
5
NNW
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
onglasscross-
off
glassglassglasscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:03PM
2.16
2:43AM
2.20
3:05PM
2.10
3:49AM
2.17
4:12PM
2.07
4:54AM
2.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:09PM
0.39
8:51AM
0.54
9:12PM
0.46
9:55AM
0.56
10:17PM
0.49
10:58AM
0.54
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Sunrise------7:30-------7:30-------7:31-
Sunset-7:25-------7:23-------7:22------
heavy rain
mod rain
thunderstorm
mod rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
24746--------------------
Temp. °C202021212119192122211918181719202020191919181921
Feels °C (?)141418192220202121212019191821212121202020191921
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