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Long Point surfForecast / Catlins / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Tuesday 23 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
13.8° 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 10PM is: 1.2m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 1.3m 6s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm December 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Dec)--
Afternoon (23 Dec)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Evening (23 Dec)4ft (1.2m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
23
Wednesday
24
Thursday
25
Friday
26
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
4
4
4
3
3
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SSE
1.2
SE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SE
0.9
SSE
1.1
SW
1.7
WSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.7
SSW
2
SW
2.3
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.3
SW
Period(s) (?)101010101011112019181817161616161515151415151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)34729826122015730864359692211561339154316332033254815321455146012121196120412041220842
Wind
(km/h)
30
WSW
25
SW
10
WSW
5
NNE
15
NNE
20
NNE
25
W
30
WSW
25
W
15
W
5
S
5
N
15
N
10
NW
10
WNW
5
ESE
15
E
20
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
5
N
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on		glassoffoffcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrossglasscross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:10AM
1.77
6:24PM
1.66
6:51AM
1.74
7:07PM
1.65
7:36AM
1.71
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:58PM
0.36
12:29PM
0.44
12:42AM
0.37
1:14PM
0.44
1:29AM
0.37
Tuesday
23
Wednesday
24
Thursday
25
Friday
26
Sunrise-----5:45-------5:46-------5:46--
Sunset-9:35-------9:35-------9:36------
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
mod rain
cloud
rain showers
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
light rain
Rain (mm)
----145-11-6-1--122--121
Temp. °C171512121112121512141110101013151312111010101012
Feels °C (?)111010118968710987710131088788910
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