The Ledge Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.12° S 174.02° E

The Ledge 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 pm 22 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Ledge sea temperature is
16.2° C
0.6° 

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 (23 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (23 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 10s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 10s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 7s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for The Ledge at 3AM is: 0.2m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm July 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Jul)0.5ft (0.2m)10s
Afternoon (23 Jul)0.5ft (0.2m)10s
Evening (23 Jul)1ft (0.3m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Very mild (max 16°C on Fri afternoon, min 10°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu morning, fresh winds from the WSW by Fri night).

Thursday
23
Friday
24
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
NE
7
0.2
ESE
11
0.2
ESE
10
0.2
ESE
10
0.2
ESE
10
0.2
ESE
10
0.2
ESE
10
0.2
ESE
12
0.3
NE
7
0.3
E
7
0.2
ESE
11
0.4
E
7
0.4
E
8
0.9
NW
4
1.2
NNW
5
1.7
NNW
6
1.7
NW
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
12
11
11
10
10
11
11
13
10
11
11
15
21
31
69
189
276
Wind (km/h)
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SW
5
WSW
5
NW
5
W
10
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
15
WNW
20
NW
30
NW
30
NW
30
NW
20
WNW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
1:50AM2.24m
2:30PM2.16m
2:38AM2.16m
3:28PM2.12m
Low Tide
7:41PM0.93m
8:12AM0.83m
8:35PM1.02m
9:04AM0.90m
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:24
7:24
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:35
5:36
 mm
3
Temp °C
12
12
12
11
12
14
15
14
13
12
12
13
13
15
16
14
14
Feels °C
10
10
9
8
10
12
13
12
10
9
9
10
9
9
10
9
10
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