The Ledge 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 35.12° S 174.02° E

Issued: 12 pm 31 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's The Ledge sea temperature is

16.4°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 (31 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (31 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 7s period with NNW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (31 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 18s period with N swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (31 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 18s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for The Ledge at 5PM is: 0.1m 18s primary swell from a North direction and 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction, 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 31). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (31 Oct)	1ft (0.3m)	7s
Afternoon (31 Oct)	0.5ft (0.1m)	18s
Evening (31 Oct)	0.5ft (0.1m)	18s

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

	Short Range Forecast Some drizzle, heaviest during Sun night. Very mild (max 18°C on Sat morning, min 12°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.
	Sat 31					Sunday 1								Monday 2
	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 18	N 18	N 18	N 18	N 18	N 17	N 16	N 16	N 16	N 16	N 16	N 16	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 7	NE 7
Wave Graph
kJ	6	6	6	6	6	7	5	20	20	20	20	19	55	111	119	152	157	162	162	192	204
Wind (km/h)	S	SE	NE	NE	NE	SE	SSE	SE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide		12:14PM2.49m				00:36AM2.33m					1:10PM2.41m				1:33AM2.25m				2:10PM2.35m
Low Tide				6:29PM0.66m				6:49AM0.57m					7:27PM0.69m				7:48AM0.63m				8:27PM0.72m


	6:22	—	—	—	—	—	6:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:20	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	7:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:53	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	16	18	17	15	15	13	12	13	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	16
Feels °C	12	15	13	12	14	11	9	11	11	12	13	13	12	12	12	13	12	13	14	15	14
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNW 7	NNW 7	NNW 7	NE 8	NE 8	NNE 8	NE 8	NE 9	NE 9	NNE 9	NE 9	NE 9	N 15	N 15	N 14	N 14	N 14	N 14	N 14	N 14	NE 7
kJ	5	5	4	3	3	6	3	3	3	7	3	3	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	204
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NW 6	N 18	N 17	N 16	N 16	N 16	N 16	N 16	N 16	NE 9	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	E 11	N 12	E 11	N 11	N 13
kJ	3	3	3	2	6	5	5	20	20	20	20	19	3	6	6	6	3	3	2	2	14
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 18	N 18	N 18	N 18	NW 6	NE 13	N 6	N 6	N 6	N 13	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	E 12	E 12	E 11	—	E 11	E 11	E 11	NE 11
kJ	6	6	6	6	2	7	1	1	1	3	6	6	6	3	3	3	—	2	2	2	5
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 3	—	SE 4	E 3	E 3	ESE 3	ESE 3	ESE 2	—	ENE 3	NE 3	NE 4	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 7	—
kJ	1	—	1	2	3	3	2	1	—	2	2	7	55	111	119	152	157	162	162	192	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	The Box Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	The Bluff-South Side Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	The Box Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	The Bluff-South Side Northland	The Bluff-South Side Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Ninety Mile Beach Northland
Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2
Distance (km)	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	89	101	101	114	114	89	101	101	114	114	101	101	101	79
Best forecast wave conditions in Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes	The Box	Scott Point	Scott Point	Scott Point	Twilight Beach	The Box	Scott Point	Scott Point	Scott Point	Scott Point	Scott Point	Scott Point	Scott Point	Scott Point
Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	The Box Northland	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland	Piha-The Ditch Auckland	Karioitahi Raglan and West Waikato	The Box Northland	Piha North Auckland	Beatons Southland	Piha North Auckland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Whatipu Auckland	Papatowai Catlins	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island
Rating (10 max)	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	5	2	3	4
Header Global	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Ouano Lefts New Caledonia	St Vincent Left New Caledonia	Achadas Da Cruz Portugal	Niyodo Rivermouth Japan	Nunoshima Japan	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Japan	Niyodo Rivermouth Japan	Afife Portugal	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Malaking Gasang (Baler) Philippines	Trial Harbour Australia	Bocock's Bay Namibia	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States
Rating (10 max)	7	6	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	5

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