The Ledge Surf Forecast

/ Northland (73 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

The Ledge surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Tuesday 26 Aug 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 15.3° 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 1AM is: 3.0m 11s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 2.4m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm August 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (27 Aug)	15ft (4.5m)	11s
Afternoon (27 Aug)	15ft (4.5m)	11s
Evening (27 Aug)	11ft (3.5m)	11s

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

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		Wednesday 27								Thursday 28								Friday 29
	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	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	2	4	2	2	6	7	2	3	4	4	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	NE	NE	ENE	NE	ENE	E	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	E	E	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	2968	3257	6767	4271	4641	9579	8361	2987	2940	1851	1489	1242	1064	1033	967	828	790	872	1078	603	511	443	431	388
Wind (km/h)	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	SW	WSW	W	NW	WNW	NW	NW	WNW	W	W	W	W	W	W
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- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)		9:44PM 2.39				10:07AM 2.33				10:20PM 2.35				10:45AM 2.31				10:56PM 2.30				11:21AM 2.26
Low Tide / height (m)				3:57AM 0.63				4:09PM 0.69				4:35AM 0.68				4:47PM 0.79				5:12AM 0.75				5:26PM 0.89

		Wednesday 27								Thursday 28								Friday 29
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01

Rain (mm)	2	3	2	4	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	11	10	13	16	17	15	15	15	14	14	15	16	15	14
Feels °C (?)	7	7	6	7	7	6	8	9	10	10	9	8	11	12	13	10	10	9	10	9	11	11	9	9

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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 ESE at Kerikeri 19 km from The Ledge). 3.5m 9s swell from the ESE with a 3.1m 10s swell from the NE. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
2 hours 16 minutes ago The Ledge

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19 km away, 2 h 16 min ago

22 km/h

ESE

0.0

15.3

Air / Water (°C)

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