The Ledge Surf Forecast

/ Northland (73 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks)

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The Ledge surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Sunday 19 Oct 2025 NZDT

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The Ledge surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's The Ledge sea temperature is 15.3° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at The Ledge today?

The current surf forecast for The Ledge at 2PM is: 0.4m 16s primary swell from a North direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 19). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (19 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	16s
Afternoon (19 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	15s
Evening (19 Oct)	1ft (0.3m)	15s

Table - waves today at The Ledge. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Sunday 19					Monday 20								Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22
	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	E	N	N	N	N	N	NNW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	15	15	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	12	14	14	14	14	6	6
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	80	77	71	68	39	91	82	81	80	78	77	75	72	69	67	66	65	70	63	61	59	67	72	81
Wind (km/h)	NNW	N	NNW	NW	W	WSW	SW	WSW	NW	NNW	NW	NW	WNW	NW	NW	WNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	WNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				6:55PM 2.25					7:25AM 2.20				7:40PM 2.26				8:10AM 2.25				8:21PM 2.26
Low Tide / height (m)		12:46PM 0.74					1:13AM 0.70				1:32PM 0.72				1:56AM 0.67				2:14PM 0.71				2:37AM 0.65

	Sunday 19					Monday 20								Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33
Sunset	-	-	-	7:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:42	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	18	18	18	16	15	15	14	17	18	19	17	16	15	14	14	17	19	20	18	16	16	17	17
Feels °C (?)	16	15	14	15	14	14	13	12	15	15	16	14	15	13	13	13	14	15	17	16	15	14	15	16

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Northland

Wind Update Cross-off wind 19 km from The Ledge has become light (light winds from the W at Kerikeri Aero Automatic Weather Station). Waves should be turning clean at The Ledge. 0.4m 8s swell from the ENE with a 0.3m 14s groundswell from the N and a 0.2m 13s groundswell from the NE as well as a 0.2m 3s local chop from the N. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
52 minutes ago The Ledge
Wind Update Cross-shore wind at Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks have swung cross-off (light winds from the WSW at Kaitaia Airport 18 km from Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks). A 2.3m groundswell from the SW
52 minutes ago Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks

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19 km away, 52 min ago

7 km/h

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15.3

Air / Water (°C)

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