The Ledge Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.12° S 174.02° E

The Ledge 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 am 09 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Ledge sea temperature is
15.8°C
0.7° 

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


How big are the waves at The Ledge today (09 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 10s period with ENE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 15s period with NE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 16s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for The Ledge at 5PM is: 0.3m 16s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am September 09). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)10s
Afternoon (09 Sep)1ft (0.3m)15s
Evening (09 Sep)1ft (0.3m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Fri morning. Very mild (max 16°C on Thu afternoon, min 10°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (calm on Wed morning, fresh winds from the SSW by Fri morning).

Wed
9
Thursday
10
Friday
11
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
ENE
10
0.2
NNE
15
0.3
NE
15
0.3
NE
16
0.3
NE
16
0.3
NE
16
0.4
NE
9
0.3
NE
14
0.3
NE
14
0.4
NE
14
0.4
NE
15
0.4
NE
15
0.4
NE
14
0.4
NE
14
0.4
NE
13
0.3
NE
13
0.3
NNE
15
0.3
NE
13
0.4
NE
13
0.4
NE
13
0.5
NE
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
9
21
36
39
39
40
29
29
30
74
56
76
74
73
63
33
42
27
62
62
85
Wind (km/h)
0
ENE
10
NNE
10
NE
5
NE
5
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
W
20
NW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
SW
15
SW
25
SW
25
SW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SW
25
SW
20
SW
Wind State
glassy
on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
5:51PM2.38m
6:15AM2.29m
6:45PM2.45m
7:09AM2.35m
7:34PM2.50m
Low Tide
11:32AM0.63m
00:05AM0.69m
12:28PM0.55m
00:59AM0.60m
1:18PM0.50m
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:31
6:31
6:30
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:09
6:10
6:10
 mm
2
3
Temp °C
14
15
15
13
12
10
10
10
12
15
16
13
11
10
10
10
10
14
14
13
12
Feels °C
13
11
12
12
11
7
8
8
10
11
11
8
6
6
5
4
4
7
7
7
8
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