Long Sands Surf Break

Lat Long: 43.16° N 70.62° W

Long Sands 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 05 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Sands sea temperature is
18.5° C
0.2° 

Long Sands surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Long Sands today (05 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 7s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 7s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 7s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Sands at 5PM is: 0.7m 7s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm August 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Aug)2ft (0.6m)7s
Afternoon (05 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)7s
Evening (05 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)7s

Table - waves today at Long Sands. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Warm (max 31°C on Fri afternoon, min 22°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Wed
5
Thursday
6
Friday
7
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
SE
7
0.5
SE
7
0.7
SSE
7
0.4
SE
7
0.8
S
5
0.8
SSE
5
0.6
SSE
6
0.6
S
6
0.4
SSE
6
0.4
SSE
6
0.2
SSE
8
0.4
SSE
6
0.8
S
5
0.9
S
5
0.6
SSE
5
0.3
SE
7
0.3
SE
7
0.4
SE
7
0.5
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
23
22
40
11
29
30
28
28
15
14
6
14
32
43
22
10
8
14
28
9
10
Wind (km/h)
10
SSW
10
S
15
S
10
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
S
15
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
10
W
5
W
10
SE
10
SE
10
S
10
W
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
on
on
cross-on
cross-off
High Tide
4:34PM2.87m
5:05AM2.54m
5:27PM2.89m
6:05AM2.46m
6:26PM2.91m
Low Tide
10:23AM0.14m
11:03PM0.13m
11:15AM0.21m
00:01AM0.12m
12:11PM0.26m
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part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:37
5:37
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:59
7:58
7:57
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
25
29
29
29
26
24
24
24
28
29
28
28
28
26
26
25
30
31
30
29
27
Feels °C
25
28
27
29
26
24
25
26
30
30
30
31
31
28
28
27
33
32
31
30
29
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