Surf Break

Lat Long: 55.02° N 1.42° W

Longsands Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 30 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Longsands Bay sea temperature is
14.1°C
1.1° 

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 (30 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (30 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 6s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 6s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 8s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Longsands Bay at 5AM is: 1.6m 6s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Sep)5ft (1.6m)6s
Afternoon (30 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)6s
Evening (30 Sep)4ft (1.2m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 21°C on Wed afternoon, min 12°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Wednesday
30
Thursday
1
Friday
2
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
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
ESE
6
1.6
ESE
6
1.5
ESE
6
1.6
ESE
6
1.4
ESE
7
1
ENE
8
1.2
ENE
8
1.2
ENE
8
1.1
NE
8
1
ENE
8
1.1
ENE
8
0.9
ENE
8
0.8
ENE
8
0.8
ENE
7
0.6
NE
7
0.6
NE
7
0.6
ENE
7
0.6
ENE
7
0.5
NE
7
0.7
SSE
4
0.7
SSE
4
0.8
S
4
0.6
SSE
4
0.5
S
4
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
182
182
170
216
163
140
188
193
166
143
149
95
74
62
44
43
33
31
22
17
17
21
15
8
Wind (km/h)
20
SE
20
SE
25
SSE
20
SW
10
S
15
SSW
15
S
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
20
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
20
SSW
15
S
20
S
25
S
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
6:07AM5.31m
6:29PM4.97m
6:49AM5.07m
7:11PM4.75m
7:39AM4.74m
8:01PM4.48m
Low Tide
00:03AM0.83m
12:29PM0.80m
00:43AM0.96m
1:10PM1.09m
1:28AM1.17m
1:57PM1.47m
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Temp °C
15
16
18
17
17
21
20
18
16
14
13
14
17
18
15
14
14
12
12
12
17
18
17
17
Feels °C
13
13
14
14
16
17
17
15
13
11
11
12
14
13
11
11
10
8
8
7
12
14
14
14
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