Surf Break

Lat Long: 55.02° N 1.42° W

Longsands Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 23 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Longsands Bay sea temperature is
12.3°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 (23 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (23 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 6s period with ENE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 7s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Oct, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 7s period with NNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Longsands Bay at 12PM is: 1.7m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a North direction, 1.8m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Oct)6ft (1.8m)6s
Afternoon (23 Oct)5ft (1.5m)7s
Evening (23 Oct)8ft (2.5m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 17mm), heaviest on Fri morning. Very mild (max 13°C on Sat afternoon, min 6°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (calm on Fri morning, near gales from the WSW by Sat night).

Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
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
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
N
9
0.6
N
9
1.8
ENE
6
1.7
E
7
1.4
E
7
1.1
E
7
2.5
NNW
7
2.3
N
8
2
N
8
1.7
N
8
1.4
NNE
8
1.1
N
7
1.5
S
5
2
SSE
6
0.2
N
7
0.2
E
8
0.1
E
7
0.1
N
12
0.2
ESE
8
1.8
WNW
5
0.6
NNW
8
0.5
N
8
0.4
NNW
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
53
55
186
250
171
107
795
701
507
355
226
131
110
272
4
4
1
3
7
0
47
33
16
Wind (km/h)
25
E
25
ENE
35
ENE
5
ESE
20
WNW
45
NW
40
NW
35
NW
30
WNW
20
W
15
SSW
30
S
45
S
45
SSW
40
WSW
50
WSW
55
WSW
55
WSW
50
W
50
W
45
W
40
W
40
W
Wind State
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
High Tide
1:50AM4.43m
2:26PM4.50m
2:31AM4.76m
3:02PM4.77m
3:09AM5.06m
3:37PM5.00m
Low Tide
8:18AM1.30m
8:35PM1.55m
8:58AM1.01m
9:12PM1.26m
9:35AM0.77m
9:49PM1.00m
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6:54
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5:46
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 mm
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2
8
3
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1
1
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2
2
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Temp °C
10
10
11
12
11
7
7
7
6
6
8
10
10
13
9
9
9
9
10
10
9
9
9
Feels °C
5
4
4
11
7
-2
-2
-1
-1
0
3
3
1
4
0
-2
-3
-3
-1
-1
-2
-1
0
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