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Long Point surfForecast / Catlins / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Tuesday 09 Dec 2025 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
13.0° C
(Which is 1.8°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: 1.0m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am December 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Dec)2ft (0.6m)13s
Afternoon (09 Dec)3ft (0.9m)13s
Evening (09 Dec)3.5ft (1.0m)14s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
4
3
3
2
3
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.6
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
WSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
Period(s) (?)131313131313131414141313131216161514141414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2492494443471322412493234314433092952342204219549241480128810521036911899821
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNW
5
NNW
10
NNE
15
NE
15
NE
10
NNE
10
SSW
10
NNW
10
NW
25
W
20
W
25
WSW
30
WSW
20
SW
10
WSW
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
N
15
NE
20
ENE
10
N
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoncross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:44AM
2.04
7:06PM
1.90
7:42AM
1.94
8:06PM
1.81
8:40AM
1.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:28AM
0.08
1:04PM
0.22
1:27AM
0.16
2:03PM
0.27
2:26AM
0.23
3:00PM
0.32
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
Sunrise---5:41-------5:41-------5:41----
Sunset-------9:23-------9:24-------9:25
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
----------------------11
Temp. °C111011111618181816141312131615141211101012141312
Feels °C (?)77981314141613111178109910988910119
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