Check the Beach

Sandy Island

Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada

Sandy Island 5 photos

  • Alberton, PEI

    Alberton, PEI. Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0. Source

  • Former Northport Back Range Lighthouse

    Former Northport Back Range Lighthouse. Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0. Source

  • Former Cascumpec Lighthouse

    Former Cascumpec Lighthouse. Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0. Source

  • Northport Back Range Lighthouse

    Northport Back Range Lighthouse. Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0. Source

  • Northport Back Range Lighthouse

    Northport Back Range Lighthouse. Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0. Source

Today at a glance

Calmest: 3 pm to 6 pm, sunset 6:14 pm
8 am
2.3
55 km/h34 mph wind, Poor
9 am
2.2
55 km/h34 mph wind, Poor
10 am
2.2
55 km/h34 mph wind, Poor
11 am
2.2
55 km/h34 mph wind, Poor
12 pm
2.1
54 km/h33 mph wind, Poor
1 pm
2.1
50 km/h31 mph wind, Poor
2 pm
2.1
49 km/h30 mph wind, Poor
3 pm
2.5
48 km/h30 mph wind, Poor
4 pm
2.2
46 km/h29 mph wind, Poor
5 pm
2.3
45 km/h28 mph wind, Poor
6 pm
2.4
42 km/h26 mph wind, Poor

This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.

Where to stay near the beach

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Forecast, hour by hour

Beach score for daylight hours, today and tomorrow. Wind in km/hmph underneath.

Air
7°C44°F
Water
10°C50°F
Wind
5031 km/hmph N
Gusts
6339 km/hmph
Waves
1.8 m6 ft
UV
0 low
Tide
falling
Rain
0%
Sunset
6:14 pm
Today
2.3Poor8 am5534
2.2Poor9 am5534
2.2Poor10 am5534
2.2Poor11 am5534
2.1Poor12 pm5433
2.1Poor1 pm5031
2.1Poor2 pm4930
2.5Poor3 pm4830
2.2Poor4 pm4629
2.3Poor5 pm4528
2.4Poor6 pm4226
Sat
4.5Fair8 am2012
3.6Poor9 am1711
3.7Poor10 am1811
3.9Poor11 am1912
4.0Fair12 pm2012
5.4Fair1 pm1912
5.6Good2 pm1811
5.9Good3 pm1811
6.1Good4 pm1710
6.1Good5 pm1610
6.5Good6 pm138
Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Calmest stretch

Tide, next 24 hours

Tide falling now. Low at 9 am, -0.3 m. High at 2 pm, <0.1 m. Low at 9 pm, -0.4 m. High at 2 am, -0.2 mLow 9 am, -0.3 m1 ftHigh 2 pm, <0.1 m<1 ftLow 9 pm, -0.4 m1 ftHigh 2 am, -0.2 m<1 ftNow11 am5 pm11 pm5 am
  • Low 9 am, -0.3 m1 ft
  • High 2 pm, <0.1 m<1 ft
  • Low 9 pm, -0.4 m1 ft
  • High 2 am, -0.2 m<1 ft

Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.

The days ahead

Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.

  • Sun6.5 GoodBest 8 am to 2 pmWind up to 22 km/h14 mph, rain 0%
  • Mon4.6 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 24 km/h15 mph, rain 9%
  • Tue5.2 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 30 km/h18 mph, rain 3%
  • Wed6.7 GoodBest 8 am to 3 pmWind up to 17 km/h11 mph, rain 1%
  • Thu6.9 GoodBest 8 am to 7 pmWind up to 16 km/h10 mph, rain 2%

Beach info

Facilities and the beaches next door.

Facilities

We do not have facility details for this beach yet.

Getting there

Nearest town
1.8 km1.1 miAlberton (town)
Nearest airport
43 km27 miSummerside Airport (YSU)

Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources

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