Long Point surfForecast / Catlins / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Monday 23 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
14.5° C
(Which is 1.8°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 7AM is: 2.1m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Feb)6ft (1.9m)12s
Afternoon (23 Feb)5ft (1.5m)12s
Evening (23 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.2
SW
1
SW
0.8
SW
0.6
SW
1.3
SW
0.5
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SSW
2
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
Period(s) (?)13131212121212121111116191818181616161615151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2744202315761180102566154238325017799108214286491781617864195320351823165413631326
Wind
(km/h)
20
WSW
10
W
10
NW
10
N
15
NE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NE
10
W
20
SW
15
WSW
15
W
15
WSW
15
SW
10
S
10
E
10
NE
10
NE
15
NNE
10
N
0
N
10
E
15
NE
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
glasscross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:33AM
1.77
8:06PM
1.81
8:34AM
1.71
9:14PM
1.78
9:44AM
1.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:31AM
0.30
1:57PM
0.32
2:34AM
0.38
3:01PM
0.36
3:42AM
0.42
4:09PM
0.35
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Sunrise----7:05-------7:07-------7:09---
Sunset-------8:43-------8:40-------8:38
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---------5--------------
Temp. °C119881216191818131211131515131111101013162021
Feels °C (?)766591215161799810121211897813141720
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