Long Point surfForecast / Catlins / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 28 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 2.0°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 8AM is: 1.9m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Feb)6ft (1.9m)13s
Afternoon (28 Feb)7ft (2.1m)13s
Evening (28 Feb)7.5ft (2.3m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
!
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
2.1
SW
2.2
SW
2.4
SW
2.5
SW
3
WSW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
3.5
SSW
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
Period(s) (?)141414131313131212121210101111131313121212111212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)146314431403138012471210147514861682202026862450250827743468501353625609471235461806179620612027
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
15
WNW
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
20
W
25
W
35
W
30
SW
35
SW
35
WSW
35
SW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:43AM
1.92
1:04PM
1.86
1:37AM
2.00
1:56PM
1.94
2:26AM
2.05
2:44PM
2.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:53AM
0.29
7:14PM
0.15
7:46AM
0.21
8:05PM
0.08
8:34AM
0.15
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Sunrise----7:13-------7:15-------7:16---
Sunset-------8:32-------8:31-------8:30
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
clear
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
----------16--11--------
Temp. °C11109811151614121212111110111099999101110
Feels °C (?)976581111108754323223444444
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