Long Sands Surf Break

Lat Long: 43.16° N 70.62° W

Long Sands 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 24 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Sands sea temperature is
16.0°C
0.6° 

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 (24 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (24 Sep, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 9s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (24 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 10s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (24 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 11s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Sands at 12PM is: 2.0m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Sep)6ft (1.9m)9s
Afternoon (24 Sep)7ft (2.1m)10s
Evening (24 Sep)7ft (2.1m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 30mm), heaviest during Sat morning. Very mild (max 16°C on Fri afternoon, min 10°C on Thu morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the ENE on Thu night, strong winds from the NNE by Sat afternoon).

Thursday
24
Friday
25
Saturday
26
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
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
1
0
2
2
4
3
3
2
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0
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0
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0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.8
ESE
9
1.9
ESE
9
2
ESE
10
2.1
ESE
10
2.1
ESE
11
2.1
ESE
11
2.1
ESE
11
2.2
ESE
11
2.3
ESE
11
2.5
ESE
12
3
ESE
12
3
ESE
11
3
ESE
12
3
ESE
12
3.5
E
11
4
E
11
4.5
E
11
4.5
E
11
4.5
E
11
4.5
E
11
4.5
ENE
10
4.5
ENE
10
4.5
ENE
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
516
611
756
884
1011
1011
1030
1121
1261
1660
1963
2123
2461
2538
3052
3925
4512
5089
5109
4860
4836
4264
3663
Wind (km/h)
15
NNE
15
NNE
20
NE
20
ENE
15
ENE
10
ENE
15
NNE
15
NNE
20
NNE
25
NNE
30
NE
30
NE
25
ENE
35
NE
30
NE
40
NE
45
NE
45
NE
45
NNE
45
NNE
45
NNE
45
NE
45
NE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
High Tide
10:14AM2.56m
10:25PM2.79m
10:51AM2.70m
11:05PM2.85m
11:26AM2.84m
Low Tide
4:07AM0.20m
4:17PM0.27m
4:43AM0.11m
4:58PM0.12m
5:19AM0.03m
5:38PM-0.02m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:31
6:31
6:33
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:37
6:35
6:32
 mm
1
3
3
1
8
6
3
1
2
Temp °C
11
10
12
14
13
13
13
12
12
11
14
16
16
12
13
13
13
13
12
12
12
12
12
Feels °C
8
6
7
10
9
10
10
8
8
6
8
10
11
5
7
5
5
4
4
3
3
3
4
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