Long Point surfForecast / Catlins / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Friday 05 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
13.2° C
(Which is 2.2°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 7PM is: 3.0m 7s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.0m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm December 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Dec)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Afternoon (05 Dec)10ft (3.0m)7s
Evening (05 Dec)10ft (3.0m)7s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Monday
08
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
4
4
3
3
2
2
1
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SW
1.7
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3.5
WSW
4
WSW
4
WSW
4
WSW
3.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2
SW
1.7
SW
1.5
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1.7
WSW
0.9
SW
Period(s) (?)121177711131212131313121212121212111414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)264662103810071109353551754275324423261857160011508196143612781371283053133841175331
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
35
WSW
40
WSW
40
W
40
W
35
W
35
W
30
WSW
20
WSW
15
SW
15
ESE
20
ENE
20
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
15
N
5
N
10
NNW
15
N
15
N
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:23PM
2.05
3:56AM
2.21
4:18PM
2.05
4:52AM
2.19
5:13PM
2.03
5:47AM
2.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:15AM
0.08
9:34PM
-0.02
10:11AM
0.09
10:31PM
-0.02
11:08AM
0.12
11:29PM
0.02
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Monday
08
Sunrise-------5:43-------5:43-------5:41
Sunset---9:20-------9:21-------9:22----
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
light rain
mod rain
rain showers
Rain (mm)
-------------11------271
Temp. °C202017151313121213151412121213172021222119131211
Feels °C (?)17149645568111178910141720201815975
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