Praa Sands Surf Report

Surf report for Mon 18/03
  Swell Period Swell direction Wind direction Wind speed
6:00 8ft 13s  °  ° 13mph
12:00 8ft 13s  °  ° 16mph
18:00 8ft 12s  °  ° 22mph
Tide times
Low 6:37am (2.26m)
High 12:44pm (3.95m)
Low 7:16pm (2.32m)
Daylight
First light05:52
Sunrise06:25
Sunset18:33
Dark19:05
Surf report for Tue 19/03
  Swell Period Swell direction Wind direction Wind speed
6:00 11ft 12s  °  ° 20mph
12:00 10ft 12s  °  ° 14mph
18:00 9ft 12s  °  ° 12mph
Tide times
High 1:23am (4.19m)
Low 8:13am (2.05m)
High 2:03pm (4.17m)
Low 8:37pm (2.03m)
Daylight
First light05:50
Sunrise06:22
Sunset18:34
Dark19:07
Surf report for Wed 20/03
  Swell Period Swell direction Wind direction Wind speed
6:00 7ft 12s  °  ° 11mph
12:00 6ft 12s  °  ° 14mph
18:00 6ft 12s  °  ° 22mph
Tide times
High 2:28am (4.49m)
Low 9:14am (1.70m)
High 2:55pm (4.46m)
Low 9:29pm (1.69m)
Daylight
First light05:48
Sunrise06:20
Sunset18:36
Dark19:08
Surf report for Thu 21/03
  Swell Period Swell direction Wind direction Wind speed
6:00 4ft 12s  °  ° 5mph
12:00 3ft 12s  °  ° 5mph
18:00 3ft 11s  °  ° 11mph
Tide times
High 3:13am (4.79m)
Low 9:57am (1.39m)
High 3:34pm (4.73m)
Low 10:08pm (1.39m)
Daylight
First light05:46
Sunrise06:18
Sunset18:38
Dark19:10
Surf report for Fri 22/03
  Swell Period Swell direction Wind direction Wind speed
6:00 7ft 13s  °  ° 22mph
12:00 8ft 13s  °  ° 23mph
18:00 10ft 13s  °  ° 28mph
Tide times
High 3:48am (5.02m)
Low 10:32am (1.15m)
High 4:06pm (4.95m)
Low 10:42pm (1.17m)
Daylight
First light05:43
Sunrise06:16
Sunset18:39
Dark19:12
Surf report for Sat 23/03
  Swell Period Swell direction Wind direction Wind speed
6:00 13ft 11s  °  ° 31mph
12:00 13ft 12s  °  ° 31mph
18:00 12ft 13s  °  ° 31mph
Tide times
High 4:19am (5.19m)
Low 11:03am (1.00m)
High 4:35pm (5.10m)
Low 11:13pm (1.03m)
Daylight
First light05:41
Sunrise06:14
Sunset18:41
Dark19:13
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Praa Sands Going Off!
Praa Sands Going Off!

Praa Sands is a quality wave when it's working. Often provides a really heavy, barelling wave near high tide, breaking close to the beach. On the down side this is probably the most popular beach on the south coast and gets packed whenever there's a south coast swell and northerly wind.

Generally the best wave is right out in front of the Sand Bar at high tide although at a lower tide there can be some decent waves closer to the cliffs. It seems most days not much goes no between this end and Hendra at the other end on terms of waves.

Praa handles a reasonable size swell, I've seen it surfable up to about double head high, but it is heavy.

Check here for our detailed Praa Sands surf report.