Long Sands surf break

Long Sands surfForecast / Maine / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Saturday 02 May 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
7.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Long Sands today?

The current surf forecast for Long Sands at 1AM is: 1.2m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.8m 5s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm May 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 May)3ft (0.9m)9s
Afternoon (03 May)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Evening (03 May)2.5ft (0.7m)8s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Warm (max 22°C on Tue afternoon, min 5°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Sat
2
Sunday
3
Monday
4
Tue
5
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
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
ESE
9
1
E
9
1.3
ESE
9
1.2
ESE
9
1
ESE
9
0.9
ESE
9
0.9
ESE
9
0.8
ESE
8
0.8
ESE
8
0.7
ESE
8
0.8
ESE
8
1.4
ESE
9
1.4
ESE
9
1.2
ESE
9
0.9
E
9
0.7
E
9
0.5
E
9
0.9
S
7
1.2
S
7
1.1
S
6
1
S
5
1
S
5
1.1
S
6
1.3
SSE
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
202
165
268
218
169
129
123
96
96
73
92
268
318
243
130
79
41
78
130
88
58
50
74
102
Wind (km/h)
10
ENE
10
NNE
5
NNE
10
N
10
N
20
N
20
NNW
25
NW
25
NW
20
NW
20
W
15
W
20
WSW
20
SW
20
WSW
20
W
20
W
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
cross-on
cross-off
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
High Tide
00:40AM2.87m
1:18PM2.53m
1:16AM2.82m
1:56PM2.47m
1:51AM2.76m
Low Tide
6:36PM0.33m
7:11AM-0.01m
7:11PM0.39m
7:47AM0.05m
7:47PM0.45m
8:24AM0.12m
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
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5:33
5:31
5:31
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7:44
7:45
7:45
7:46
2
3
1
Temp °C
8
7
7
6
6
6
7
11
12
9
6
5
5
8
13
16
18
16
13
12
11
13
19
22
6
4
5
3
3
1
2
5
5
3
0
0
0
2
8
11
13
13
9
8
6
8
14
19
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
ESE
9
1
E
9
1.3
ESE
9
1.2
ESE
9
1
ESE
9
0.9
ESE
9
0.9
ESE
9
0.8
ESE
8
0.8
ESE
8
0.7
ESE
8
0.8
ESE
8
1.4
ESE
9
1.4
ESE
9
1.2
ESE
9
0.9
E
9
0.7
E
9
0.5
E
9
0.5
S
7
0.3
E
8
0.2
E
8
0.2
E
8
0.2
E
9
0.2
E
9
0.1
E
9
Energy kJ
202
165
268
218
169
129
123
96
96
73
92
268
318
243
130
79
41
24
13
6
6
6
6
2
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
SSE
4
0.6
SSE
5
0.8
SSE
5
0.3
S
4
0.6
NNE
4
0.4
NE
4
0.4
NE
4
0.6
SE
9
0.2
NNE
4
0.3
SSE
10
0.4
SSE
10
0.3
SSE
10
0.2
SSE
10
0.2
SSE
10
0.4
ESE
9
Energy kJ
11
15
30
3
12
7
5
50
2
19
37
18
9
9
26
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SE
5
0.1
SE
10
0.3
SE
10
0.3
NE
4
0.1
NE
6
0.1
NE
6
0.1
E
5
Energy kJ
8
4
15
3
1
1
1
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
SSE
4
0.9
SSE
5
0.3
NNE
2
0.4
NNE
3
0.6
NNE
4
0.4
NW
2
0.4
WNW
3
0.3
WNW
3
0.4
WNW
3
0.4
WSW
3
0.6
SW
3
0.6
SSW
4
0.6
SW
4
0.4
SSW
4
0.9
S
7
1.2
S
7
1.1
S
6
1
S
5
1
S
5
1.1
S
6
1.3
SSE
6
Energy kJ
23
42
1
4
11
2
3
2
3
3
7
10
10
7
78
130
88
58
50
74
102
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
Distance (km)
35
32
11
11
11
71
32
32
32
11
11
11
23
40
23
23
27
11
11
225
225
1718
893
11
Best forecast wave conditions in Maine
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
1
1
1
2
1
2
1
Best forecast wave conditions in United States
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
3
3
3
4
4
3
1
1
4
4
4
4
3
1
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
4
4
5
4
4
4
4
4
5
5
5
4
5
4
5
5
5
5
5
4
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