Long Sands Beach Surf Report & Ideal Conditions
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Long Sands Beach is most often good on a 2–4 ft medium-period (8–16s) swell from the SE, with strong wind from the N, on a high incoming tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest here.
| Ideal wave height | 2–4 ft |
| Ideal period | medium-period (8–16s) |
| Best swell direction | SE |
| Best wind | strong wind from the N |
| Best tide | high & incoming |
These best-conditions estimates come from real sessions LazySurfer users rated highly at this break — not an editorial guess (high-confidence read). In the app, LazySurfer's custom deep-learning model predicts your own 1–5★ rating at about 90% exact-match accuracy (97.6% within one star). How LazySurfer works →
Current conditions
Latest reading from the nearest NOAA buoys (UTC 2026-08-05 09:30 UTC). LazySurfer reads this same public NDBC data directly — no proprietary smoothing. New to buoy data? See how to read a NOAA buoy.
| Wave height | 2.0 ft |
| Dominant period | 8s |
| Swell direction | SSE (151°) |
| Wave buoy | NDBC station 44098 (54 km away) |
| Wind | 7 kt from the W — NDBC CMLN3 (12 km away) |
Long Sands Beach 7-day surf forecast
Model wave & wind outlook for Long Sands Beach from NOAA's GEFS-Wave model, refreshed daily. Heights are open-water swell (face heights at the break are typically larger).
| Day | Swell height | Period & direction | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed Aug 5 | 2 ft | 7s SSE | 8 kt SSW |
| Thu Aug 6 | 2 ft | 6s SE | 8 kt SSW |
| Fri Aug 7 | 1–2 ft | 6s SE | 6 kt SW |
| Sat Aug 8 | 1–2 ft | 8s SE | 7 kt NNW |
| Sun Aug 9 | 1 ft | 6s SSE | 9 kt SSW |
| Mon Aug 10 | 1–2 ft | 6s SSE | 11 kt SW |
| Tue Aug 11 | 1 ft | 9s SE | 9 kt SSW |
Tide
Predicted tide for the next two days from NOAA station 8419870 (Seavey Island), the nearest tide station (14 km away). Times local.
- 2026-06-06 03:43 — High 8.355 ft
- 2026-06-06 10:05 — Low 0.61 ft
- 2026-06-06 16:27 — High 7.595 ft
- 2026-06-06 22:18 — Low 1.524 ft
- 2026-06-07 04:31 — High 8.194 ft
- 2026-06-07 10:49 — Low 0.683 ft
Frequently asked
Is Long Sands Beach good for surfing right now?
As of the latest buoy reading (2026-08-05 09:30 UTC), Long Sands Beach is marginal: the live 0–2 ft short-period swell from the SE matches its ideal SE direction and is under its usual size, and the wind is moderate from the W.
Where does LazySurfer's surf data for Long Sands Beach come from?
LazySurfer reads public data directly from NOAA's National Data Buoy Center and the National Weather Service — the nearest NDBC wave buoy (station 44098) and the nearest NOAA tide station (Seavey Island). The same raw readings NOAA publishes, with no proprietary smoothing.
What are the best surf conditions for Long Sands Beach?
Long Sands Beach is most often good on a 2–4 ft medium-period (8–16s) swell from the SE, with strong wind from the N, on a high incoming tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest here.
Does LazySurfer predict whether Long Sands Beach is good for me?
Yes. LazySurfer trains a custom deep-learning model — a PyTorch neural network with per-user embeddings, retrained weekly on real logged surf sessions from the LazySurfer community — to predict the 1-to-5 star rating you personally would give, rather than a single average rating for everyone.
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