Long Sands 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 43.16° N 70.62° W

Issued: 6 pm 04 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Long Sands sea temperature is

11.5°C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Long Sands today (04 Nov):

Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Nov, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 8s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 5s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Sands at 9PM is: 0.7m 5s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm November 04). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (04 Nov)	-	-
Afternoon (04 Nov)	1ft (0.3m)	8s
Evening (04 Nov)	2.5ft (0.7m)	5s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 41mm), heaviest during Fri afternoon. Warm (max 23°C on Wed afternoon, min 10°C on Sat morning). Wind will be generally light.
	Wed 4			Thursday 5								Friday 6								Sat 7
	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 8	S 5	SSE 5	S 5	S 4	S 4	S 4	S 4	SSE 5	SSE 5	SSE 6	SSE 5	SSE 5	SSE 5	SSE 5	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6
Wave Graph
kJ	14	20	26	22	15	7	11	25	40	62	67	51	49	42	42	62	115	119	127	192	121	65
Wind (km/h)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	SSW	SSE	ESE	NNE	NNE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	glassy	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide			7:14PM2.73m				7:49AM2.78m				8:13PM2.74m				8:38AM2.87m				9:06PM2.74m
Low Tide	1:05PM0.23m				1:35AM0.10m				2:06PM0.11m				2:28AM0.11m				2:59PM0.00m				3:14AM0.13m


	—	—	—	—	6:20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:24	—
	4:30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:28	—	—	—	—	4:27
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	4	9	12	7	6	1	1	—
Temp °C	23	19	16	15	14	14	17	21	20	19	19	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	13	12
Feels °C	21	16	13	13	12	12	14	19	18	17	18	17	16	17	17	15	14	15	16	16	10	8
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 8	ESE 8	SSE 5	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	E 11	E 11	ESE 8	E 8	E 8	E 10	E 10	E 9	E 9	E 9	SSE 6	SSE 6
kJ	14	14	26	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	2	2	6	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	121	65
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	ESE 8	—	—	S 10	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 8	E 6	E 6	E 10	E 10	E 10	—	—	—	—	—	E 8	E 8
kJ	—	—	14	—	—	2	3	3	3	3	1	1	2	2	2	—	—	—	—	—	6	5
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 4	S 5	SW 3	S 5	S 4	S 4	S 4	S 4	SSE 5	SSE 5	SSE 6	SSE 5	SSE 5	SSE 5	SSE 5	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	WSW 3	—
kJ	11	20	3	22	15	7	11	25	40	62	67	51	49	42	42	62	115	119	127	192	5	—
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1
Distance (km)	1320	1545	1320	482	474	598	484	829	1529	1529	2594	893	1529	27	1479	11	23	225	40	40	23	83
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Rating (10 max)																1						1
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	5	5	4	5	4	5	5	5	4	5	8	8	7	6	6	6	5	8	9	8

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