Sandy Lake
MU 5-16, Cariboo
53.0369° N, 121.0900° W
- Surface area
- 1000.7ha
- Maximum depth
- 6.4m
- 21 ft
- Elevation
- 908m
Open Sandy Lake in the appThe 7-day forecast, max depth and wildfire smoke check, on the lake's own coordinate.
Sandy Lake at a glance
- Region
- Cariboo
- Management unit
- MU 5-16
- Species
- Rainbow Trout, Kokanee
- Lake size
- Large Water (> 500 ha)
- Ice fishing
- Open to ice fishing, confirmed
- Coordinates
- 53.0369, -121.09
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How to fish Sandy Lake
Best times of year at Sandy Lake
- May - June
- September - October
Sandy Lake fishing regulations
We have no lake specific regulations on file for Sandy Lake yet.
Getting to Sandy Lake
Coordinates: 53.0369, -121.09
Depth chart for Sandy Lake
6.4 mdeepest
Sandy Lake runs to 6.4 m (21 ft) at its deepest.
The Province sounded Sandy Lake and published the depth chart surveyed in 1971.
The ice year at Sandy Lake, modelled
Modelled from air temperature, not an ice report. It says nothing about whether ice will hold you.
In the model Sandy Lake froze in 65 of the 65 winters since 1960. Freeze-up falls most years between 30 October and 12 November, and ice-off between 4 May and 20 May. The median winter freezes on 7 November and opens on 14 May.
the middle half of modelled winters the median ice cover in the median winter
Winter 2024-25 in the model: frozen from 15 November 2024 to 30 April 2025, 166 days.
Sandy Lake is open to ice fishing under the regulations on file.
Whether a lake is open to ice fishing says nothing about whether its ice will hold you. Ice conditions vary year to year and across a single lake. Check locally before going out, every time.
Sandy Lake climate, 1960 to 2025
Averaged over a year, the air above Sandy Lake is 0.8 C warmer than it was in the 1960s. That is 66 years of daily readings, not a forecast.
- +0.8 Csince the 1960s
- -2.3 Caverage year now
- -3.1 Caverage year then
- -6 daysbelow freezing, change
each yearthe trend across 1960 to 2025
each yearthe trend across 1960 to 2025
This week at Sandy Lake
The forecast on this lake's own coordinate, refreshed through the day. The app reads these seven days for fishing and scores each one.
| Day | Sky | High / low | Wind | Rain | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 20 Oct | Overcast | 10° / 0° | 9 km/h, gusts 33 | dry | Steady |
| Wed 21 Oct | Overcast | 13° / 2° | 11 km/h, gusts 40 | dry | Falling (-10.3 hPa) |
| Thu 22 Oct | Slight snow showers | 6° / 1° | 8 km/h, gusts 29 | 1 mm | Rising (+4.0 hPa) |
| Fri 23 Oct | Slight snow showers | 6° / 1° | 4 km/h, gusts 17 | dry | Rising (+12.7 hPa) |
| Sat 24 Oct | Overcast | 7° / 1° | 3 km/h, gusts 13 | dry | Falling (-1.1 hPa) |
| Sun 25 Oct | Overcast | 7° / -2° | 4 km/h, gusts 16 | dry | Rising (+5.7 hPa) |
| Mon 26 Oct | Overcast | 8° / -2° | 4 km/h, gusts 19 | dry | Falling (-2.9 hPa) |
Trout lakes near Sandy Lake
- Ghost Lake 19 km away
- Isaac Lake 23 km away
- Chisel Lake 24 km away
- Atan Lake 26 km away
- Maeford Lake 28 km away
All 328 lakes in the Cariboo, with today's conditions on each.