The Ledge Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.12° S 174.02° E

The Ledge 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 am 17 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Ledge sea temperature is
15.4°C
0.1° 

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 (17 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (17 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 12s period with NE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 5s period with N swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 6s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for The Ledge at 3PM is: 1.0m 5s primary swell from a North direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)1ft (0.3m)12s
Afternoon (17 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)5s
Evening (17 Sep)4ft (1.2m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 16mm), heaviest on Thu night. Very mild (max 17°C on Sat morning, min 11°C on Fri morning). Mainly fresh winds.

Thu
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
NE
12
0.9
NNW
5
1
N
5
1.2
NNW
6
1.2
N
6
1.2
N
7
1.1
NW
7
1.1
NW
8
0.9
NE
8
1
NE
8
0.9
NE
8
0.8
NE
8
0.6
NE
8
0.5
NE
8
0.5
NNE
8
0.4
NNE
8
0.4
NNE
9
0.4
NE
9
0.4
NE
9
0.4
NE
9
0.4
NE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
25
40
57
97
115
128
128
147
107
126
115
78
54
35
40
28
29
19
20
20
20
Wind (km/h)
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
N
25
NNW
20
WNW
10
NW
20
WNW
10
NW
20
SW
35
W
35
SW
35
SW
30
SW
25
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
W
30
W
Wind State
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
High Tide
11:33AM2.31m
11:44PM2.23m
12:15PM2.21m
00:24AM2.15m
1:02PM2.13m
Low Tide
5:41PM0.88m
6:02AM0.84m
6:26PM0.98m
6:47AM0.93m
7:14PM1.05m
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6:20
6:18
6:18
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6:15
6:15
6:16
 mm
1
5
2
2
1
1
2
1
1
Temp °C
16
16
16
15
13
12
12
13
13
11
14
12
12
13
13
13
14
17
16
15
15
Feels °C
12
11
12
11
10
10
8
11
10
4
8
5
6
8
7
7
8
12
11
11
10
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