Long Point surfForecast / Catlins / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 09 Apr 2026 NZST
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Long Point surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Long Point sea temperature is
13.9° C
(Which is 2.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Long Point today?

The current surf forecast for Long Point at 5PM is: 1.3m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.5m 10s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 1.2m 5s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)6ft (1.8m)10s
Afternoon (09 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)15s
Evening (09 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)14s

Table - waves today at Long Point. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
3
3
2
2
3
2
2
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.5
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1
SW
1.6
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.8
ENE
2.1
ENE
2.2
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.7
ENE
Period(s) (?)10101514141414131313131313127878888999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)641573714667667648541511553553755380529300250212263277403547665522455427
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
15
WNW
15
W
25
W
25
W
25
W
20
W
15
W
10
WNW
5
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
5
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:40AM
1.48
8:16PM
1.55
8:41AM
1.46
9:16PM
1.56
9:39AM
1.49
10:11PM
1.60
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:02PM
0.61
2:41AM
0.64
2:59PM
0.59
3:35AM
0.60
3:51PM
0.53
4:24AM
0.54
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Sunrise7:09-------7:11-------7:11-------
Sunset---6:15-------6:13-------6:12----
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161816131313121011131311111111121317171414131313
Feels °C (?)131512878769119888781014141111101010
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