How much wind is too much wind on a sandy beach?

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I can't attest to what your personal taste in wind is, but if you look at the Beaufort scale 2 m/s is described as a light breeze,

For Sea:

Small wavelets, still short but more pronounced; crests have a glassy appearance and do not break

For land:

Wind felt on exposed skin. Leaves rustle. Wind vanes begin to move.

While 7 m/s is the top end of a moderate breeze

For Sea:

Small waves with breaking crests. Fairly frequent whitecaps.

For land:

Dust and loose paper raised. Small branches begin to move.

So I'd say that at the low end of 2 m/s you'll be fine, but you may face sand starting to blow about at the upper end of 7 m/s. Of course that is going to depend on the type of sand (fine vs coarse), the geography of the beach (open vs protected) and the direction of the wind (on-shore vs off-shore vs along the beach)

And add into that other factors such as is the day sunny or cloudy, air temperature and humidity will change how you experience the local weather.

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My friend and I went to the beach yesterday, and the winds were 15 miles per hour. That didn't sound like much, but we were constantly blasted by sand the whole time we were there. It stuck to our sunscreened skin and made us very uncomfortable.

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