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 changing to sunny intervals by lunchtime.
Beach safety today
Large, powerful waves
  • • only experts should take part in water activities

Tide: Next high tide (4.8m) at

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    8 day forecast for Sandsend (Beach)

    Today (18 May 2025)
    Time
    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 Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Cloudy Overcast Overcast Overcast
    Chance of precipitation
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    Temperature
    10°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    11°
    11°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed
    NNW
    12
    NNW
    12
    NNW
    12
    NNW
    12
    NNW
    13
    NNW
    14
    NNW
    15
    NNW
    16
    NNW
    16
    NNW
    15
    NNW
    14
    NNW
    14
    NNW
    13
    NNW
    12
    NNW
    11
    NNW
    10
    N
    9
    N
    8
    NNE
    7
    NE
    6
    Wind gust (mph)
    22
    22
    22
    23
    25
    27
    27
    26
    25
    24
    23
    22
    20
    17
    16
    15
    15
    14
    14
    11
    Visibility
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    85%
    85%
    85%
    85%
    84%
    86%
    89%
    89%
    76%
    73%
    73%
    72%
    68%
    70%
    73%
    75%
    77%
    84%
    85%
    84%
    UV 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 - -
    Wind direction and speed
    12
    11
    11
    12
    13
    14
    15
    16
    15
    15
    14
    14
    13
    12
    11
    10
    9
    8
    7
    6
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    1.4
    1.4
    1.4
    1.3
    1.3
    1.3
    1.3
    1.2
    1.2
    1.3
    1.3
    1.4
    1.4
    1.4
    1.4
    1.4
    1.4
    1.3
    1.3
    1.3
    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
    Direction of waves offshore
    Monday (19 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 Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    10%
    10%
    <5%
    10%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    11°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    13°
    13°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    11°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    10°
    11°
    10°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    10°
    10°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    NE
    6
    NE
    6
    NE
    6
    ENE
    7
    ENE
    6
    NE
    5
    NE
    5
    NE
    6
    ENE
    7
    NE
    8
    ENE
    9
    NE
    10
    NE
    10
    NE
    9
    NE
    9
    NE
    9
    NNE
    8
    NNE
    8
    NNE
    7
    NNE
    7
    NNE
    5
    N
    4
    N
    4
    NW
    4
    Wind gust (mph)
    11
    12
    14
    10
    11
    10
    12
    15
    15
    14
    14
    15
    15
    16
    15
    15
    14
    13
    11
    10
    9
    8
    7
    8
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    G
    Humidity
    85%
    87%
    89%
    90%
    91%
    92%
    90%
    85%
    83%
    76%
    74%
    70%
    70%
    68%
    69%
    72%
    72%
    73%
    76%
    82%
    85%
    92%
    94%
    95%
    UV - - - - 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 5 5 5 5 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    5
    5
    6
    7
    8
    9
    10
    10
    9
    9
    9
    8
    8
    7
    7
    5
    4
    4
    4
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    1.2
    1.2
    1.2
    1.1
    1.1
    1.1
    1.0
    1.0
    1.0
    1.0
    1.1
    1.0
    1.0
    0.9
    0.9
    0.9
    1.0
    1.0
    1.0
    0.9
    0.9
    0.8
    0.8
    0.8
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    Direction of waves offshore
    Tuesday (20 May 2025)
    Time
    00:00
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Cloudy Cloudy Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    Temperature (°C)
    11°
    12°
    13°
    12°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    11°
    11°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    NW
    4
    WNW
    4
    NW
    6
    NW
    8
    NNW
    11
    NNW
    11
    NNW
    9
    NNW
    7
    WNW
    6
    Wind gust (mph)
    9
    11
    13
    15
    16
    17
    14
    11
    11
    Visibility (description)
    G
    G
    G
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    96%
    96%
    94%
    85%
    73%
    67%
    66%
    72%
    86%
    UV - - 1 1 4 6 3 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    4
    4
    6
    8
    11
    12
    9
    7
    6
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.8
    0.8
    0.8
    0.8
    0.8
    0.9
    0.9
    0.8
    0.8
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    6
    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 day Sunny intervals Sunny day Sunny day Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    12°
    13°
    12°
    11°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    10°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    NW
    9
    NW
    11
    NNW
    12
    NNW
    13
    N
    12
    N
    11
    NNE
    9
    N
    8
    Wind gust (mph)
    15
    17
    20
    20
    21
    17
    15
    11
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    E
    VG
    Humidity
    86%
    83%
    77%
    65%
    61%
    62%
    65%
    79%
    UV - 1 1 4 6 3 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    9
    11
    12
    13
    12
    11
    9
    8
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    1.1
    1.5
    1.7
    1.9
    2.1
    2.2
    2.2
    2.3
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    6
    7
    7
    8
    9
    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%
    20%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    20%
    Temperature (°C)
    11°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    N
    10
    N
    10
    NNE
    10
    NNE
    12
    NNE
    13
    NNE
    13
    NNE
    13
    NE
    9
    Wind gust (mph)
    11
    12
    14
    19
    22
    22
    17
    11
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    77%
    75%
    67%
    58%
    54%
    53%
    56%
    71%
    UV - 1 1 3 4 3 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    10
    10
    10
    12
    13
    13
    11
    8
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    2.3
    2.5
    2.5
    2.3
    2.0
    1.9
    1.8
    1.7
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    9
    9
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    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 Overcast Cloudy Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Cloudy
    Chance of precipitation
    20%
    20%
    20%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    20%
    10%
    Temperature (°C)
    11°
    12°
    13°
    12°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    11°
    10°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    N
    10
    SW
    10
    NNW
    11
    NNW
    13
    NNW
    12
    N
    12
    N
    10
    WSW
    7
    Wind gust (mph)
    9
    9
    16
    20
    20
    19
    12
    11
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    G
    G
    G
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    73%
    75%
    66%
    56%
    53%
    51%
    57%
    77%
    UV - 1 1 3 5 3 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    7
    7
    9
    11
    11
    11
    10
    7
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    1.6
    1.5
    1.4
    1.4
    1.4
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    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 Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Cloudy
    Chance of precipitation
    20%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    10%
    20%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    14°
    15°
    16°
    15°
    11°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    12°
    13°
    14°
    13°
    10°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    WSW
    7
    WSW
    7
    WSW
    7
    WNW
    9
    WNW
    10
    S
    10
    S
    10
    S
    7
    Wind gust (mph)
    9
    7
    13
    17
    17
    15
    13
    10
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    G
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    82%
    88%
    71%
    63%
    59%
    60%
    67%
    85%
    UV - 1 1 4 6 3 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    6
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    Direction of waves offshore
    Sunday (25 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 No weather symbol data
    Chance of precipitation
    20%
    20%
    20%
    30%
    30%
    20%
    10%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    11°
    14°
    16°
    17°
    15°
    12°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    13°
    14°
    14°
    13°
    10°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SSW
    7
    SSW
    7
    SSW
    7
    SSW
    10
    S
    11
    SSW
    11
    SSW
    10
    SSW
    7
    Wind gust (mph)
    8
    8
    14
    19
    19
    21
    18
    Visibility (description)
    G
    G
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    90%
    91%
    81%
    67%
    58%
    58%
    62%
    81%
    UV - 1 1 3 4 2 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    Direction of waves offshore

    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.

    Tide times

    Sunday 25 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 25 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 25 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 25 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.

    Today:

    Mostly cloudy and misty to start, this dispersing by late morning 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.

    Tonight:

    A fine evening for most but cloud increasing from the east again overnight, with a risk of isolated outbreaks of light rain or drizzle. Misty over hills by dawn. Minimum temperature 7 °C.

    Monday:

    A cloudy start with outbreaks of rain or drizzle. Cloud lifting and breaking into the afternoon but isolated heavy, perhaps thundery showers developing inland. Sunny later away from coasts. Maximum temperature 19 °C.

    Outlook for Tuesday to Thursday:

    Fine and warm after early cloud clears each day. A chance of showers Tuesday, but dry thereafter, with sunshine becoming hazy toward the end of the week. Cooler on coasts.

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