Surf Break

Lat Long: 55.02° N 1.42° W

Longsands Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 29 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Longsands Bay sea temperature is
14.0°C
0.9° 

Longsands Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Longsands Bay today (29 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (29 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 4s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 5s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 6s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Longsands Bay at 5AM is: 0.4m 3s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 5s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)4s
Afternoon (29 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)5s
Evening (29 Sep)5ft (1.6m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Some drizzle, heaviest during Tue night. Warm (max 21°C on Wed afternoon, min 12°C on Mon night). Mainly fresh winds.

Tuesday
29
Wednesday
30
Thursday
1
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
SE
3
0.4
SE
3
0.5
ESE
3
0.8
E
4
1.1
E
5
1.6
ESE
6
1.6
ESE
6
1.5
E
6
1.5
E
6
1.4
ESE
6
1.4
ESE
6
1.5
ESE
6
1.4
ESE
7
1.4
E
7
1.1
NE
8
1.1
NE
9
1.1
NE
8
1.1
ENE
8
1.1
ENE
8
1
ENE
8
0.9
ENE
8
0.9
ENE
8
0.7
NE
8
0.7
NE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
5
3
6
20
54
143
182
182
182
160
160
183
180
183
166
174
166
173
153
122
95
93
59
57
Wind (km/h)
10
SSE
10
SE
15
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
30
ESE
25
ESE
25
SE
15
SE
20
SE
25
SSE
30
S
20
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
5:28AM5.42m
5:51PM5.10m
6:07AM5.31m
6:29PM4.97m
6:49AM5.07m
7:11PM4.75m
Low Tide
11:27PM0.80m
11:52AM0.61m
00:03AM0.83m
12:29PM0.80m
00:43AM0.96m
1:10PM1.09m
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Temp °C
13
12
13
13
14
13
14
14
15
15
18
19
18
21
20
17
16
14
13
14
17
18
15
14
Feels °C
10
10
11
9
10
8
11
11
13
13
15
15
16
18
17
15
13
12
11
12
15
14
11
11
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