Long Point surfForecast / Catlins / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Saturday 07 Feb 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
14.0° C
(Which is 1.3°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 6PM is: 2.2m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 1.9m 6s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Feb)6ft (1.9m)12s
Afternoon (07 Feb)7ft (2.2m)13s
Evening (07 Feb)8ft (2.5m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
!
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
4
3
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
3.5
WSW
2.1
SW
2.5
WSW
1.8
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.2
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
Period(s) (?)121212131313131313131312121212121212121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)107710093597135224601086227519821730189217241385131912091209133613801380142013691250118210291012
Wind
(km/h)
20
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SSW
10
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
W
15
WSW
15
SW
15
S
10
ESE
10
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoffcross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:18AM
1.76
7:42PM
1.70
8:07AM
1.65
8:36PM
1.62
9:01AM
1.56
9:37PM
1.56
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:35PM
0.37
2:01AM
0.42
2:27PM
0.46
2:55AM
0.53
3:21PM
0.54
3:54AM
0.60
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Sunrise-------6:43-------6:43-------6:46
Sunset---9:07-------9:07-------9:05----
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
---173------------------
Temp. °C1518161512101010121414131210910121413121011910
Feels °C (?)101312118455699910766810997768
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