The Ledge 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 35.12° S 174.02° E

Issued: 5 am 30 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's The Ledge sea temperature is

15.8° C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at The Ledge today (30 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (30 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 12s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 12s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 12s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for The Ledge at 11AM is: 0.8m 12s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00am July 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (30 Jul)	2.5ft (0.8m)	12s
Afternoon (30 Jul)	2.5ft (0.8m)	12s
Evening (30 Jul)	2.5ft (0.7m)	12s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 22mm), heaviest during Thu night. Very mild (max 16°C on Thu morning, min 10°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NNW on Thu night, calm by Fri night).
	Thursday 30							Friday 31								Saturday 1
	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	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	N 6	N 6	N 6	ESE 11	ESE 11	NNW 7	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	NE 16	E 11	NE 15
Wave Graph
kJ	198	195	192	189	186	186	145	162	146	112	97	97	97	91	89	88	88	62	61	61	41	63	43
Wind (km/h)	N	NNW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	WNW	W	W	W	W	WSW	WSW	W	W	W	SSW	SSE	SSE	SE	SE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	on	on	cross-on	cross-on	on	on	on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	glassy	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide			7:40AM2.13m				8:15PM2.27m				8:22AM2.17m				8:53PM2.30m					9:04AM2.20m
Low Tide	1:41AM0.89m				1:57PM0.75m				2:22AM0.82m				2:34PM0.72m					3:03AM0.77m				3:11PM0.70m


	—	7:20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:18	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	5:39	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:40	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:40	—	—
mm	—	1	1	—	—	—	1	1	9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	5	2	1
Temp °C	13	13	13	16	16	15	15	15	14	12	13	14	14	13	11	10	10	10	11	12	10	11	12
Feels °C	9	9	10	11	11	11	10	9	12	9	10	10	10	9	8	8	8	8	9	10	7	7	8
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 11	N 6	N 6	NNW 7	NNW 7	NNW 7	NNW 7	NNW 7	NNW 6	E 11	E 11	E 11	ESE 11	E 11	ESE 11
kJ	198	195	192	189	186	186	145	142	102	112	84	77	83	68	47	34	32	62	61	61	40	63	43
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 9	NE 9	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	N 6	NNW 6	NNW 6	NNW 6	N 5	N 5
kJ	3	3	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	97	97	97	97	91	89	88	88	20	12	11	10	5	5
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	—	—	NE 19	NE 19	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 18	NNE 18	NNE 18	NE 17	NE 17	NE 16	NE 16	NE 16	NE 16	NE 16	NE 15
kJ	—	—	3	3	3	—	—	15	14	5	5	5	12	30	30	47	44	42	41	41	41	40	37
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 3	N 4	N 4	N 4	N 4	N 5	N 6	N 6	N 6	—	W 3	—	WNW 7	WNW 7	WSW 2	WSW 2	—	—	—	—	—	SE 3	SE 3
kJ	6	14	17	17	30	55	119	162	146	—	1	—	96	91	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	1	5
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Okupe Beach Northland	Fairway Reef Northland	Matauri Bay Northland	Whananaki Beach Northland	Whananaki Beach Northland	O'Neills Bay Auckland	Anaura Bay East Cape	Marsden Point Northland	Takou Bay Northland	Matauri Bay Northland	Matauri Bay Northland	Matauri Bay Northland	Matauri Bay Northland	Matauri Bay Northland	The Ledge Northland	Takou Bay Northland	Takou Bay Northland	The Ledge Northland	The Ledge Northland	The Ledge Northland	The Ledge Northland	Taipa Bay Northland	O'Neills Bay Auckland
Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	1	1	3	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	4
Distance (km)	51	53	14	59	59	199	515	91	8	14	14	14	14	14	0	8	8	0	0	0	0	53	199
Best forecast wave conditions in Northland	Mangawhai Heads	Fairway Reef	Fairway Reef	Ngunguru Bar	Whananaki bar			Marsden Point	Takou Bay	Fairway Reef	Fairway Reef	Fairway Reef	Fairway Reef	Fairway Reef	Moureeses	Moureeses	Moureeses	Moureeses	Moureeses	Moureeses	Takou Bay	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes
Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	2	1			1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	4
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dinner Plates Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Clark Island Coromandel	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Raglan-Whale Bay Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Waiwakaiho Taranaki	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating (10 max)	4	4	3	4	2	4	2	4	3	3	4	2	2	2	9	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	5
Header Global	Ahijedero Mexico	Left Point Australia	Bancoora Australia	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Asu Indonesia	Asu Indonesia	Arrawarra Australia	Asu Indonesia	Asu Indonesia	Nine Mile New Zealand	Nine Mile New Zealand	Fox River New Zealand	Sky Williams New Zealand	Trial Harbour Australia	Easter Reef Australia	Easter Reef Australia	Easter Reef Australia	Gas Bay Australia
Rating (10 max)	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	9	6	5	7	6	5	5	6	9

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