Long Point surfForecast / Catlins / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 27 Mar 2026 NZDT
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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
14.4° C
(Which is 2.6°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 11PM is: 3.0m 11s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 1.2m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Mar)--
Afternoon (27 Mar)10ft (3.0m)10s
Evening (27 Mar)10ft (3.0m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
3
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
4
4
4
!
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0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
ENE
3
ENE
3
ENE
3
ENE
3
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.4
ENE
2.2
ENE
2
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.2
SW
1
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.6
SW
2
SSW
3
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
Period(s) (?)111111121212111111101014131313131212171616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)22962344252126772274194614151106867634533549355553431466537773234951955815592149444161
Wind
(km/h)
25
NE
15
NE
5
WNW
10
W
15
W
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
5
S
5
E
10
E
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
10
NE
10
ENE
5
SSW
5
SW
10
SW
15
SW
20
WSW
20
W
35
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffglassglassonononcross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:30PM
1.86
11:54AM
1.79
12:29AM
1.90
12:50PM
1.85
1:20AM
1.94
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:06PM
0.28
5:43AM
0.33
6:05PM
0.22
6:38AM
0.27
6:58PM
0.17
7:27AM
0.21
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Sunrise------7:52-------7:54-------7:56-
Sunset-7:40-------7:38-------7:37------
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--34-------12222-1-554--
Temp. °C171616151514131615131212121213141715141412111114
Feels °C (?)1315171413111114121211111091113171614149767
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