Long Point surfForecast / Catlins / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Saturday 06 Sep 2025 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
11.1° C
(Which is 1.9°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 7AM is: 2.1m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 2.5m 9s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Sep)11ft (3.5m)15s
Afternoon (06 Sep)11ft (3.5m)14s
Evening (06 Sep)13ft (4.0m)14s

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

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Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Monday
08
Tue
09
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
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0
0
0
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1
3
4
4
4
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
SW
2.1
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
4
WSW
5.5
SW
6
SW
7.5
SW
8.5
SW
7
SW
5.5
SW
5
SW
4.5
SW
3.5
SSW
3
SW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.2
SSW
1.7
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
Period(s) (?)141515151414141314141615141413131312121212121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)2481289752155223524141346819101431234521870345202146113409932365274612346923301917165313441011769631
Wind
(km/h)
30
WSW
30
W
25
W
30
W
35
WNW
35
WNW
35
W
40
W
45
W
50
WSW
45
WSW
40
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
W
15
WNW
15
NW
10
N
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NNE
15
N
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:52AM
1.79
1:18PM
1.92
1:32AM
1.89
1:59PM
1.99
2:14AM
1.97
2:41PM
2.04
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:59AM
0.19
7:25PM
0.23
7:42AM
0.09
8:07PM
0.15
8:26AM
0.02
8:50PM
0.09
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Monday
08
Tue
09
Sunrise--7:03-------7:01-------6:58-----
Sunset-----6:16-------6:17-------6:20--
rain showers
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rain showers
rain showers
cloud
cloud
mod rain
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
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Rain (mm)
2-11--711-11------------
Temp. °C65678755666787755469111186
Feels °C (?)-2-3-1-10-1-3-5-5-6-4-3-1-11000257742
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Catlins

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Long Point (fresh winds from the W at Nugget Point Automatic Weather Station 23 km from Long Point). 3.2m 8s swell from the SW which is too big for here.

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35 km/h
W
0.0
11.1
Air / Water (°C)
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