Long Sands Surf Break

Lat Long: 43.16° N 70.62° W

Long Sands 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 20 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Sands sea temperature is
18.8° C
0.1° 

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 (20 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (20 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 8s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 7s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 7s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Sands at 4PM is: 0.6m 7s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm August 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Aug)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Afternoon (20 Aug)2ft (0.6m)7s
Evening (20 Aug)2ft (0.6m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Warm (max 27°C on Thu afternoon, min 16°C on Sat afternoon). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
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)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
SE
8
0.6
SE
8
0.6
ESE
7
0.6
ESE
7
0.6
ESE
8
0.6
ESE
8
0.6
ESE
8
0.6
ESE
8
0.5
ESE
8
0.5
ESE
8
0.5
ESE
8
0.5
ESE
8
0.5
ESE
8
0.5
ESE
8
0.5
ESE
8
0.5
ESE
8
0.9
ENE
4
1
E
5
0.9
ESE
6
0.9
ESE
6
0.8
ESE
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
48
45
36
34
39
46
46
48
39
39
38
37
37
36
36
35
32
54
55
61
43
Wind (km/h)
5
WNW
10
S
10
S
10
WSW
15
NW
10
NW
10
N
15
NNE
20
NE
15
E
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
N
10
N
15
NNE
15
NE
20
ENE
15
ENE
20
NE
20
NNE
15
NNE
Wind State
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
on
on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
5:53PM2.58m
6:36AM2.23m
6:49PM2.53m
7:38AM2.19m
7:49PM2.53m
Low Tide
11:38AM0.54m
00:29AM0.41m
12:33PM0.63m
1:31AM0.45m
1:33PM0.67m
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:54
5:54
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:37
7:36
7:34
 mm
1
2
1
Temp °C
26
27
25
23
20
21
20
19
21
21
21
19
19
18
17
17
19
18
16
16
16
Feels °C
26
26
24
23
17
19
18
16
17
17
19
18
19
16
14
14
16
16
14
15
15
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