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 11 am Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 NZST

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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 15.4° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at The Ledge today?

The current surf forecast for The Ledge at 5PM is: 0.1m 12s primary swell from a North direction and 0.1m 4s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Sep)	0.5ft (0.1m)	13s
Afternoon (16 Sep)	0.5ft (0.1m)	12s
Evening (16 Sep)	0.5ft (0.1m)	12s

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

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	Tuesday 16					Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	3	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	6	11	10	5	6	10	18	18	10	10	15	18	18	31	55	73	109	146	211	243	122	72	59	41
Wind (km/h)	WSW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	W	NW	NW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	WNW	SW	WSW	WSW	SW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			2:31PM 2.26				2:52AM 2.17					3:38PM 2.23				4:01AM 2.13				4:40PM 2.24				5:04AM 2.14
Low Tide / height (m)	8:08AM 0.75				8:46PM 0.88					9:12AM 0.79				9:53PM 0.88				10:17AM 0.78				10:55PM 0.84

	Tuesday 16					Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
Sunrise	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	18	19	16	14	13	13	12	13	17	17	15	13	14	15	15	16	17	15	15	13	12	11	11
Feels °C (?)	11	14	15	14	12	12	12	10	11	14	13	12	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	11	10	9	7	8

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Northland

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at The Ledge (moderate winds from the SW at Kerikeri Aero Automatic Weather Station 19 km from The Ledge). 0.2m 10s swell from the E with a 0.1m 12s groundswell from the NE and a 0.1m 13s groundswell from the N. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 36 minutes ago The Ledge

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19 km away, 1 h 36 min ago

20 km/h

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15.4

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