Long Point surfForecast / Catlins / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 04 Apr 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
14.2° C
(Which is 2.5°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 11AM is: 1.1m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 1.2m 7s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 04). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Afternoon (04 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Evening (04 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)15s

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


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Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tue
07
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
2
4
4
4
3
3
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
2.4
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
Period(s) (?)131313131215151414141414141313131312121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4953693633805516852328280328033326314325942157170814741144932724634457396338383520
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SSW
5
SE
10
E
10
E
10
ENE
15
E
25
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
E
25
E
25
ENE
30
NE
25
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:45AM
1.84
5:06PM
1.86
5:24AM
1.77
5:48PM
1.79
6:06AM
1.68
6:32PM
1.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:52AM
0.27
11:17PM
0.34
11:34AM
0.35
12:02AM
0.43
12:19PM
0.44
12:51AM
0.52
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tue
07
Sunrise--8:02-------8:03-------8:04-----
Sunset-----7:25-------7:23-------7:22--
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
11----------------------
Temp. °C111111111212111010101011111110101010111112121213
Feels °C (?)7888910877656554445668879
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