Long Sands surf break

Long Sands surfForecast / Maine / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Tuesday 17 Mar 2026 EDT
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Long Sands surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Long Sands sea temperature is
2.6° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Long Sands today?

The current surf forecast for Long Sands at 9AM is: 3.0m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 17). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Mar)10ft (3.0m)10s
Afternoon (17 Mar)6ft (1.8m)10s
Evening (17 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
!
1
0
1
1
1
2
1
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
SSE
4
SSE
4
SSE
3
SSE
2.3
SE
1.9
SE
1.8
SE
1.8
SE
1.6
SE
1.5
SE
1.3
SE
1.2
SE
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
1
SE
1
SE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
1.4
SE
Period(s) (?)99101010101111111111101010101099999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)17162810291719781020745703756640524399296284246213200192166166162162135115275
Wind
(km/h)
40
S
50
S
40
SW
35
W
35
W
40
W
35
W
35
W
30
WNW
25
WNW
25
W
20
WNW
15
W
5
WNW
10
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
15
S
15
SSW
10
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:30PM
2.54
10:41AM
2.81
11:08PM
2.71
11:23AM
2.90
11:45PM
2.87
12:05PM
2.95
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:32AM
0.18
5:00PM
-0.02
5:15AM
-0.00
5:38PM
-0.12
5:58AM
-0.17
6:17PM
-0.19
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Sunrise---6:50-------6:50-------6:48----
Sunset------6:50-------6:51-------6:52-
mod rain
heavy rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
9112---------------------
Temp. °C1113123121-2-4-6-6-6-30100-1-101222
Feels °C (?)344-6-9-9-9-12-13-14-14-14-10-5-5-7-7-7-6-5-5-5-4-5
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