Sandsend (Beach) (North Yorkshire) weather

Here are our top tips to keep you, your friends and family safe at the beach with links to Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) and Met Office advice.

Waves

Risk of rip currents

Rip currents can occur on any beach but this beach has a greater risk of rips. Take care in the water.

What to do if you get caught in a rip (RNLI)



Forecast days

Overcast.
Beach safety today
Large, powerful waves
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    8 day forecast for Sandsend (Beach)

    Today (17 May 2025)
    Time
    18:00
    19:00
    20:00
    21:00
    22:00
    23:00
    Weather symbols Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast
    Chance of precipitation
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    Temperature
    11°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed
    NNW
    13
    NNW
    13
    NNW
    13
    NNW
    13
    NNW
    12
    NNW
    13
    Wind gust (mph)
    23
    24
    25
    25
    25
    25
    Visibility
    VG
    G
    G
    G
    G
    VG
    Humidity
    90%
    93%
    97%
    95%
    91%
    87%
    UV 1 1 1 1 - -
    Wind direction and speed
    13
    13
    13
    13
    13
    13
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    1.3
    1.3
    1.3
    1.3
    1.4
    1.4
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    7
    7
    7
    7
    8
    8
    Direction of waves offshore
    Sunday (18 May 2025)
    Time
    00:00
    01:00
    02:00
    03:00
    04:00
    05:00
    06:00
    07:00
    08:00
    09:00
    10:00
    11:00
    12:00
    13:00
    14:00
    15:00
    16:00
    17:00
    18:00
    19:00
    20:00
    21:00
    22:00
    23:00
    Weather symbols Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Cloudy Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Cloudy Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast
    Chance of precipitation
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    10%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    10°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    10°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    NNW
    13
    NNW
    13
    NNW
    13
    NNW
    14
    NNW
    14
    NNW
    13
    NNW
    14
    NNW
    13
    NNW
    14
    NNW
    14
    NNW
    15
    NNW
    15
    NNW
    15
    NNW
    14
    NNW
    14
    NNW
    13
    NNW
    12
    NNW
    12
    N
    11
    N
    10
    N
    8
    N
    7
    NNE
    6
    NE
    5
    Wind gust (mph)
    24
    23
    24
    23
    23
    23
    23
    24
    25
    27
    27
    26
    24
    23
    22
    20
    18
    17
    15
    14
    14
    12
    11
    10
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    86%
    86%
    85%
    85%
    86%
    86%
    86%
    85%
    84%
    83%
    78%
    76%
    75%
    75%
    73%
    74%
    72%
    73%
    75%
    76%
    79%
    85%
    85%
    86%
    UV - - - - 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 4 5 5 5 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    13
    13
    13
    14
    14
    13
    13
    13
    13
    14
    14
    15
    14
    14
    14
    13
    12
    11
    10
    9
    8
    7
    6
    5
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    1.4
    1.4
    1.4
    1.4
    1.4
    1.4
    1.4
    1.4
    1.3
    1.3
    1.3
    1.3
    1.3
    1.3
    1.4
    1.4
    1.3
    1.3
    1.3
    1.3
    1.3
    1.3
    1.3
    1.2
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    Direction of waves offshore
    Monday (19 May 2025)
    Time
    00:00
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Overcast Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    10%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    12°
    13°
    13°
    12°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    11°
    12°
    11°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    NE
    5
    ENE
    5
    ENE
    4
    ENE
    5
    NE
    8
    NE
    8
    NNE
    7
    NNE
    6
    NNW
    4
    Wind gust (mph)
    10
    10
    10
    15
    14
    15
    15
    13
    9
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    E
    E
    E
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    87%
    87%
    92%
    84%
    72%
    68%
    70%
    82%
    93%
    UV - - 1 1 4 5 3 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    5
    5
    5
    6
    8
    8
    7
    6
    3
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    1.2
    1.2
    1.0
    0.9
    0.8
    0.7
    0.8
    0.8
    0.8
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    7
    7
    7
    Direction of waves offshore
    Tuesday (20 May 2025)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Cloudy Overcast Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Clear night
    Chance of precipitation
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    10%
    10%
    <5%
    <5%
    Temperature (°C)
    11°
    13°
    13°
    12°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    11°
    11°
    11°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    NW
    5
    NW
    6
    NW
    7
    NNW
    10
    N
    10
    N
    9
    N
    7
    W
    5
    Wind gust (mph)
    12
    12
    14
    15
    15
    13
    11
    11
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    94%
    94%
    85%
    73%
    65%
    66%
    72%
    83%
    UV - 1 1 4 6 3 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    4
    6
    7
    10
    10
    8
    6
    5
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.8
    1.0
    0.9
    0.9
    0.8
    0.8
    0.7
    0.8
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    Direction of waves offshore
    Wednesday (21 May 2025)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny day Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    10%
    10%
    <5%
    <5%
    Temperature (°C)
    11°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    12°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    11°
    11°
    11°
    10°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    WNW
    8
    NW
    10
    NW
    11
    NNW
    12
    N
    12
    N
    12
    N
    11
    NNW
    10
    Wind gust (mph)
    12
    14
    15
    17
    21
    20
    18
    17
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    83%
    84%
    77%
    66%
    61%
    61%
    66%
    73%
    UV - 1 1 4 6 3 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    7
    9
    10
    12
    12
    12
    12
    10
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.8
    1.2
    1.6
    1.9
    2.1
    2.2
    2.2
    2.3
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    6
    6
    7
    8
    8
    9
    9
    9
    Direction of waves offshore
    Thursday (22 May 2025)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Cloudy
    Chance of precipitation
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    12°
    13°
    14°
    12°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    11°
    11°
    10°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    NNW
    10
    N
    10
    N
    11
    N
    12
    N
    12
    NNE
    12
    N
    11
    NNE
    8
    Wind gust (mph)
    15
    14
    17
    18
    21
    20
    16
    9
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    72%
    70%
    64%
    57%
    54%
    55%
    60%
    78%
    UV - 1 1 3 5 3 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    10
    10
    11
    12
    12
    12
    11
    8
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    2.3
    2.5
    2.5
    2.3
    2.1
    1.9
    1.6
    1.5
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    9
    9
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    9
    Direction of waves offshore
    Friday (23 May 2025)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    20%
    20%
    20%
    30%
    20%
    20%
    10%
    10%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    13°
    14°
    15°
    14°
    11°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    11°
    12°
    13°
    12°
    10°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    NW
    7
    W
    8
    WSW
    9
    W
    11
    NNW
    11
    ENE
    11
    ESE
    10
    S
    7
    Wind gust (mph)
    8
    10
    16
    17
    20
    17
    13
    10
    Visibility (description)
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    81%
    86%
    75%
    62%
    59%
    59%
    63%
    83%
    UV - 1 1 3 4 3 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    7
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    Direction of waves offshore
    Saturday (24 May 2025)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy
    Chance of precipitation
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    20%
    30%
    30%
    30%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    11°
    15°
    17°
    17°
    16°
    13°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    13°
    15°
    15°
    14°
    11°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SSW
    7
    SW
    7
    WSW
    7
    WSW
    10
    WSW
    10
    SSW
    11
    SSW
    10
    SSW
    8
    Wind gust (mph)
    9
    8
    18
    20
    18
    18
    16
    11
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    G
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    G
    Humidity
    83%
    90%
    75%
    59%
    52%
    56%
    70%
    88%
    UV - 1 1 4 5 2 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    Direction of waves offshore

    Tide times

    Saturday 17 May

    Tide times and heights are from Whitby tidal station which is 2.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Saturday 17 May

    Tide times and heights are from Whitby tidal station which is 2.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Saturday 17 May

    Tide times and heights are from Whitby tidal station which is 2.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Saturday 17 May

    Tide times and heights are from Whitby tidal station which is 2.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Sunday 18 May

    Tide times and heights are from Whitby tidal station which is 2.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Sunday 18 May

    Tide times and heights are from Whitby tidal station which is 2.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Sunday 18 May

    Tide times and heights are from Whitby tidal station which is 2.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Sunday 18 May

    Tide times and heights are from Whitby tidal station which is 2.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Monday 19 May

    Tide times and heights are from Whitby tidal station which is 2.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Monday 19 May

    Tide times and heights are from Whitby tidal station which is 2.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Monday 19 May

    Tide times and heights are from Whitby tidal station which is 2.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Monday 19 May

    Tide times and heights are from Whitby tidal station which is 2.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Tuesday 20 May

    Tide times and heights are from Whitby tidal station which is 2.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Tuesday 20 May

    Tide times and heights are from Whitby tidal station which is 2.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Tuesday 20 May

    Tide times and heights are from Whitby tidal station which is 2.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Tuesday 20 May

    Tide times and heights are from Whitby tidal station which is 2.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Wednesday 21 May

    Tide times and heights are from Whitby tidal station which is 2.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Wednesday 21 May

    Tide times and heights are from Whitby tidal station which is 2.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Wednesday 21 May

    Tide times and heights are from Whitby tidal station which is 2.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Wednesday 21 May

    Tide times and heights are from Whitby tidal station which is 2.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Thursday 22 May

    Tide times and heights are from Whitby tidal station which is 2.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Thursday 22 May

    Tide times and heights are from Whitby tidal station which is 2.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Thursday 22 May

    Tide times and heights are from Whitby tidal station which is 2.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Thursday 22 May

    Tide times and heights are from Whitby tidal station which is 2.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Friday 23 May

    Tide times and heights are from Whitby tidal station which is 2.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Friday 23 May

    Tide times and heights are from Whitby tidal station which is 2.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Friday 23 May

    Tide times and heights are from Whitby tidal station which is 2.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Friday 23 May

    Tide times and heights are from Whitby tidal station which is 2.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Saturday 24 May

    Tide times and heights are from Whitby tidal station which is 2.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Saturday 24 May

    Tide times and heights are from Whitby tidal station which is 2.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Saturday 24 May

    Tide times and heights are from Whitby tidal station which is 2.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Saturday 24 May

    Tide times and heights are from Whitby tidal station which is 2.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

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    Yorkshire & Humber weather forecast

    Headline:

    Fine with sunny spells after a cloudy and cool start.

    This Evening and Tonight:

    Low cloud will spread inland once again from coastal districts, perhaps thick enough to produce the odd spot of drizzle in places. A slight grass frost is possible in any clearer western areas. Minimum temperature 3 °C.

    Sunday:

    Initially mostly cloudy and misty, dispersing by lunchtime to give eventual warm sunny spells, although coastal districts remaining cooler. There is a small chance of scattered showers developing inland later. Maximum temperature 19 °C.

    Outlook for Monday to Wednesday:

    Mainly fine and warm after some cloudy starts, but with the chance of scattered showers developing by day until midweek, perhaps heavy. Mostly above-average temperatures, cooler on coasts.

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