Long Sands surf break

Long Sands surfForecast / Maine / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Friday 05 Sep 2025 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
17.6° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Long Sands today?

The current surf forecast for Long Sands at 3PM is: 1.1m 5s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 05). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)4s
Afternoon (05 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)5s
Evening (05 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)6s

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

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Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Monday
08
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSE
0.9
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
1.7
SSE
2.2
SSE
1.7
SSE
1
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.6
SE
0.7
SE
Period(s) (?)556666777666669997789988
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)627014920818914111411195189399451986239393958594340405865
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
15
SE
15
SSE
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
S
30
S
35
S
10
W
10
WNW
10
NNE
10
NE
5
NE
10
NW
5
WNW
10
WSW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
W
15
W
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossglassoffoffcross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:03AM
2.44
10:10PM
2.87
10:45AM
2.60
10:55PM
2.99
11:25AM
2.78
11:39PM
3.07
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:58PM
0.34
4:37AM
0.04
4:44PM
0.16
5:18AM
-0.09
5:30PM
-0.01
5:59AM
-0.19
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Monday
08
Sunrise-------6:11-------6:11-------6:13
Sunset--7:10-------7:08-------7:07-----
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
heavy rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--------11-161-1366------
Temp. °C202223262321212125272717171515151413141516161515
Feels °C (?)202222232121212124242317161415161412131414131111
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Maine

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Long Sands (light winds from the SSE at Western Maine Shelf Buoy 16 km from Long Sands). 0.7m 5s windswell from the SE with a 0.5m 7s swell from the ESE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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18 km/h
SSE
0.0
17.6
Air / Water (°C)
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