Sandend, UK

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Sandend Beach
Sandend. Photo: Markus Trienke, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Sandend

Sandend is a town in Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom. From Sandend you can reach 1 surf spot. The nearest is Sandend, a surf spot 1 km from the centre. Overture lists 6 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 2 of them campsites. The nearest airport is ABZ, 63 km away.

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Staying in Sandend

  • 6 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 2 of them campsites (Overture places)
  • Nearest airports: ABZ, 63 km, INV, 79 km, WIC, 88 km

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Where it is

Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for beginners: green on a good day. The dashed circle is 20 km from Sandend.

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Surf within 20 km

The next 7 days. Each day's wave height, green on a good day for beginner surfers. A spot that does not suit them is tagged with the level it suits and never goes green for them.

Wave height in feet, the wave energy in kJ under it.GoodUnder each day, the wind in knots: the arrow points where it blows to.A tag under a spot's name is the level its colours are for: Intermediate

Surf spots within 20 km of Sandend: Mon 19 Oct to Sun 25 Oct
SpotMon 19Tue 20Wed 21Thu 22Fri 23Sat 24Sun 25
Sandend1 kmabout 5 min by carIntermediate and up1 ft12 kJwind from the south, 12 knots, offshore2 ft15 kJwind from the south-south-east, 20 knots, offshore4 ft96 kJwind from the south-east, 5 knots, offshore1 ft10 kJwind from the south-west, 7 knots1 ft2 kJwind from the west-south-west, 9 knots1 ft2 kJwind from the west-south-west, 2 knots1 ft9 kJwind from the south-west, 16 knots
All readings for Sandend: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day
Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Sandend, each day
DayScorefor Inter­mediateSwellEnergyWindTemp
Mon 19Oct8, too small1 ft9 shollow12kJwind from the south, 12 knots, offshore13°C
Tue 20Oct13, too small2 ft5 smushy15kJwind from the south-south-east, 20 knots, offshore12°C
Wed 21Oct31, too small4 ft6 smushy96kJwind from the south-east, 5 knots, offshore12°C
Thu 22Oct7, too small1 ft5 smushy10kJwind from the south-west, 7 knots10°C
Fri 23Oct3, too small1 ft4 smushy2kJwind from the west-south-west, 9 knots11°C
Sat 24Oct3, too small1 ft4 smushy2kJwind from the west-south-west, 2 knots8°C
Sun 25Oct1, too small1 ft7 smushy9kJwind from the south-west, 16 knots11°C

Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Sandend, to spots that land joins: none across a bay or on another island. A drive marked "about" is our estimate: the straight line times 1.8 minutes a km, measured on the drives we have routed (half of those come within 21% of the routed time).