The Ledge Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.12° S 174.02° E

The Ledge 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 04 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Ledge sea temperature is
15.6°C
0.5° 

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 (04 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 5s period with NW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 6s period with NW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 6s period with NW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Ledge at 10AM is: 0.8m 5s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)5s
Afternoon (04 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)6s
Evening (04 Sep)3ft (0.9m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Very mild (max 17°C on Fri morning, min 10°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (calm on Sat night, fresh winds from the NNW by Sun night).

Friday
4
Saturday
5
Sunday
6
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
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
NE
10
0.4
NE
10
0.4
NE
10
1
NW
5
1
NW
6
1
NW
6
0.9
NW
6
0.7
NW
6
0.4
NE
10
0.4
NE
10
0.4
NE
10
0.4
NE
11
0.4
NE
11
0.3
ENE
10
0.3
ENE
10
0.3
ENE
10
0.3
ENE
10
0.3
ENE
10
0.3
ENE
10
0.3
ENE
9
0.3
ENE
9
0.7
NNW
4
0.9
NNW
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
26
26
30
50
60
65
56
34
24
24
24
29
29
18
19
19
19
18
18
17
16
18
35
Wind (km/h)
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
WSW
10
NW
15
NW
15
SW
10
WSW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
W
10
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NNW
25
NW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
00:02AM2.34m
12:32PM2.33m
00:55AM2.29m
1:31PM2.28m
1:53AM2.23m
2:39PM2.25m
Low Tide
6:15AM0.69m
6:43PM0.84m
7:12AM0.73m
7:45PM0.88m
8:14AM0.76m
8:52PM0.89m
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clear
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part cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:39
6:37
6:37
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:06
6:07
6:07
 mm
1
Temp °C
14
14
15
17
17
16
16
13
11
10
12
15
16
15
13
12
11
11
13
15
16
15
16
Feels °C
11
11
11
12
13
13
14
11
9
8
11
13
12
12
11
10
9
9
11
11
12
12
13
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