Longsands Bay surfForecast / North East England / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 BST
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Longsands Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Longsands Bay sea temperature is
13.1° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Longsands Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Longsands Bay at 7AM is: 0.7m 8s primary swell from a North direction and 0.3m 2s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Afternoon (17 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Evening (17 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)9s

Table - waves today at Longsands Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sat
20
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
N
0.7
N
0.7
N
0.7
N
0.5
N
0.7
N
0.8
N
0.8
N
0.9
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.6
NNE
0.6
NNE
0.6
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.6
N
0.7
NNE
0.8
NNE
Period(s) (?)888899109999991099910101010101011
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)616360603683115113147144113909271696345484950496794158
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
15
S
30
SSE
20
SSW
15
SW
20
WSW
20
SW
25
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
10
SW
10
NW
10
NNW
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:07PM
4.08
1:19AM
4.20
2:14PM
4.31
2:18AM
4.50
3:03PM
4.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:51AM
1.69
7:32PM
2.03
8:04AM
1.38
8:31PM
1.79
8:57AM
1.08
9:16PM
1.53
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sat
20
Sunrise-6:39-------6:41-------6:43------
Sunset-----7:17-------7:15-------7:13--
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
-221----------------1-12
Temp. °C131111131817161514141518181818181819181919171413
Feels °C (?)118591614131010101014151515161516161718161313
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for North East England

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Longsands Bay (calm at Newcastle Airport 18 km from Longsands Bay). 0.7m 7s swell from the N with a 0.3m 8s swell, also from the N. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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4 km/h
N
0.0
13.1
Air / Water (°C)
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