The Ledge surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 28 Mar 2026 NZDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
20.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at The Ledge today?

The current surf forecast for The Ledge at 2AM is: 0.6m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 1.0m 7s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 28). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)3ft (0.9m)7s
Afternoon (29 Mar)2ft (0.6m)12s
Evening (29 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.1
NE
1
NE
0.7
ESE
0.5
E
0.9
NE
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
1.9
N
1.8
N
1.5
N
1.3
N
0.9
NW
0.8
NW
0.8
NNE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.6
NNE
0.3
ESE
0.5
NNE
Period(s) (?)8777111371212121212677777611116116
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1991641169312382771081082022021522732942101547573484040262222
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
5
NE
0
SSE
0
SSW
5
SW
0
SSW
5
NE
10
N
10
NNW
5
N
20
NNW
30
NNW
30
WNW
15
W
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
W
10
WSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassglassononglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:27PM
2.15
5:07AM
2.27
5:33PM
2.16
6:04AM
2.30
6:31PM
2.20
6:57AM
2.35
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:44PM
0.75
11:23AM
0.80
11:47PM
0.71
12:21PM
0.74
12:43AM
0.66
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Sunrise------7:33-------7:33-------7:35-
Sunset-7:24-------7:22-------7:22------
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
----------121-----------
Temp. °C212019191818192121212221211920222221181918161720
Feels °C (?)222221212020212222242119191919202021181716131417
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our The Ledge surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest