Long Point surfForecast / Catlins / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 24 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 1.9°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 12PM is: 0.7m 18s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 1.0m 6s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 24). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)19s
Afternoon (24 Feb)3ft (0.9m)18s
Evening (24 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)17s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Fri
27
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SW
1.2
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
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.6
SW
1.3
SW
Period(s) (?)11619181818161616161615151514141414131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)99952142864917816108641953200918471654147113261290127313181044919755609535851511
Wind
(km/h)
20
WSW
15
W
15
W
15
SW
15
S
10
E
10
NE
10
NE
10
N
10
N
0
SE
10
E
10
ENE
10
NE
10
W
10
WSW
25
SW
20
SW
15
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
on
onononononononcross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:34AM
1.71
9:14PM
1.78
9:44AM
1.69
10:28PM
1.79
10:57AM
1.71
11:40PM
1.85
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:34AM
0.38
3:01PM
0.36
3:42AM
0.42
4:09PM
0.35
4:51AM
0.41
5:15PM
0.31
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Fri
27
Sunrise--7:07-------7:09-------7:09-----
Sunset-----8:40-------8:38-------8:37--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
---------------1331-----
Temp. °C121013151613111110101315181820141311111212121010
Feels °C (?)8710121311888813131617181396777867
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