Long Sands surf break

Long Sands surfForecast / Maine / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 18 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
6.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Long Sands today?

The current surf forecast for Long Sands at 7AM is: 0.3m 7s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)1ft (0.3m)7s
Afternoon (18 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)5s
Evening (18 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.8
ESE
0.9
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.2
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.5
S
0.4
E
Period(s) (?)887744567777777777777767
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)111214811203570118117124160181181112705237352415152115
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
5
NE
15
ENE
15
NE
15
E
20
E
15
E
10
E
10
ESE
5
SSE
5
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
15
W
15
NW
20
WNW
15
W
15
W
15
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
WNW
25
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrosscrosscrosscross-
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
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:51PM
3.21
12:26PM
2.94
12:37AM
3.28
1:15PM
2.91
1:24AM
3.28
2:06PM
2.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:18AM
-0.42
6:30PM
-0.14
7:07AM
-0.47
7:17PM
-0.10
7:57AM
-0.45
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise---5:56-------5:54-------5:52----
Sunset------7:28-------7:29-------7:30-
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------1631--------
Temp. °C13138767544567896544347995
Feels °C (?)12125322111343562-1-1-1-2-2244-2
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