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Long Sands in Maine is an exposed beach break that has pretty consitent surf and can work at any time of the year. Offshore winds blow from the northwest with some shelter here from north winds. Windswells and groundswells in equal measure and the best swell direction is from the southeast. The beach break provides left and right handers. Surfable at all stages of the tide. It very rarely gets crowded here. Beware of rips, rocks and pollution.

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Overall Long Sands Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution

IMPORTANT: Beta version feature! Swell heights are open water values from NWW3. There is no attempt to model near-shore effects. Coastal wave heights will generally be less, especially if the break does not have unobstructed exposure to the open ocean.

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Long Sands:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Short Sands_1	1 mi
Second closest break	Ogunquit Rivermouth	6 mi
Third closest break	Maine Beach	7 mi
Fourth closest break	Ogunquit Beach	7 mi
Fifth closest break	Moody Beach	8 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Long Sands:
Closest wave buoy	Western Maine Shelf Buoy	10 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Portland Buoy	35 mi
Third closest wave buoy	Stellwagen Buoy	44 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	Boston Buoy	56 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Central Maine Shelf Buoy	74 mi
Tide stations nearest to Long Sands:
Closest tide station	Cape Neddick, Maine	1 mi
Second closest tide station	Fort Point, York Harbor, Maine	2 mi
Third closest tide station	York Harbor, Maine	2 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Seapoint, Cutts Island, Maine	6 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Kittery Point, Portsmouth Harbor, New Hampshire	7 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Long Sands:
Closest ski area	Gunstock (United States)	46 mi
Second closest ski area	King Pine (United States)	55 mi
Third closest ski area	Nashoba Valley (United States)	56 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Pats Peak (United States)	60 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Ragged Mountain Resort (United States)	65 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Long Sands:
Closest city location	Cape Neddick (United States)	2 mi
Second closest city location	York Harbor (United States)	2 mi
Third closest city location	Ogunquit (United States)	6 mi
Fourth closest city location	Kittery Point (United States)	7 mi
Fifth closest city location	Kittery (United States)	8 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Long Sands is Portland International Jetport Airport (PWM) in USA, 59 km (37 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Long Sands is Laurence G Hanscom Fld (Bedford) Airport (BED), also in USA, 94 km (58 miles) away.
• Third is General Edward Lawrence Logan International (Boston) Airport (BOS) in USA, 94 km (58 miles) away.
• Augusta State Airport (AUG) in USA is 145 km (90 miles) away.
• North Central State (Smithfield) Airport (SFZ), also in USA is the fifth nearest airport to Long Sands and is 155 km (96 miles) away.