Long Sands surf break

Long Sands surfForecast / Maine / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Friday 17 Apr 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
5.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Long Sands today?

The current surf forecast for Long Sands at 8PM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)1ft (0.3m)8s
Afternoon (17 Apr)1ft (0.3m)9s
Evening (17 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SSE
0.4
SE
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.9
E
1
E
1.1
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.2
E
1.3
E
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
Period(s) (?)898888744566778888877777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)111215151512141019396410814315519120218117612011789513735
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
15
ENE
5
ESE
5
S
5
WNW
10
NNE
15
NE
15
NE
15
E
20
E
10
E
10
ESE
5
SE
5
SSE
10
S
15
SSE
15
S
15
WNW
10
NNW
15
W
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:39AM
2.92
11:51PM
3.21
12:26PM
2.94
12:37AM
3.28
1:15PM
2.91
1:24AM
3.28
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:44PM
-0.13
6:18AM
-0.42
6:30PM
-0.14
7:07AM
-0.47
7:17PM
-0.10
7:57AM
-0.45
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise-------5:56-------5:54-------5:52
Sunset--7:27-------7:28-------7:29-----
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cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
----------------2541----
Temp. °C111213121312777654455789765334
Feels °C (?)81012111210433110232356420-3-3-1
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