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Long Point surfForecast / Catlins / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Monday 12 Jan 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
14.5° C
 (Which is 2.3°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: 2.3m 9s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.9m 10s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.1m 17s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)11ft (3.5m)11s
Afternoon (12 Jan)8ft (2.4m)10s
Evening (12 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)9s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
1
0
0
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
3
3
4
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SW
2.1
S
2.3
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.9
WSW
0.9
SW
1.8
WSW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.3
SSW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
Period(s) (?)1011109988888106101010101010141413141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2107104597884079361246537026124440721915757837338043344269116101613188619701914
Wind
(km/h)
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
W
20
WNW
15
NW
15
NNW
10
NW
15
SW
10
SW
15
W
10
W
10
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
15
W
15
WSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SSW
0
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		crossononcross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		ononglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:48AM
1.57
11:23PM
1.59
11:45AM
1.56
12:18AM
1.62
12:37PM
1.59
1:07AM
1.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:58PM
0.50
5:27AM
0.55
5:49PM
0.51
6:19AM
0.55
6:37PM
0.49
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Sunrise-------6:03-------6:05-------6:07
Sunset---9:34-------9:34-------9:32----
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
11------------111-1-----
Temp. °C111315151312101015161514141311111214131211111111
Feels °C (?)46897766121314121211109101111989910
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