Surf Break

Lat Long: 55.02° N 1.42° W

Longsands Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 11 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Longsands Bay sea temperature is
13.4°C
1.2° 

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 (12 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (12 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with N swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 5s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with NNE swell.

The current surf forecast for Longsands Bay at 12AM is: 0.6m 9s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Afternoon (12 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)5s
Evening (12 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Tue morning. Very mild (max 16°C on Mon night, min 10°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Sun
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
NNE
10
0.6
NNE
10
0.6
NNE
9
0.6
NNE
9
0.6
NNE
9
0.6
N
9
0.5
N
9
0.5
N
9
1
SE
5
0.9
SE
6
0.4
NNE
8
0.3
NNE
8
0.3
NNE
8
0.3
NNE
8
0.3
NNE
8
0.2
NNE
8
0.2
NNE
8
0.2
NNE
9
0.1
N
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
72
71
69
68
65
57
40
40
56
58
24
14
14
14
14
7
7
7
2
Wind (km/h)
10
ESE
10
SE
15
SSE
15
S
15
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
25
SSW
15
WSW
25
WSW
25
W
25
W
20
W
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
High Tide
4:42PM5.08m
4:52AM5.29m
5:14PM5.04m
5:27AM5.15m
5:46PM4.93m
Low Tide
10:53PM0.92m
11:14AM0.72m
11:25PM0.95m
11:45AM0.92m
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Temp °C
13
12
12
10
10
10
11
12
13
13
13
14
14
16
13
16
15
13
11
Feels °C
10
8
8
6
6
5
6
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9
9
10
10
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12
10
11
10
8
7
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