Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.12° S 174.02° E

The Ledge 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 am 25 Sep 2026 (local time)

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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 (25 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (25 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 6s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (25 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 13s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (25 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 13s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for The Ledge at 5PM is: 0.2m 13s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 11:00am September 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)6s
Afternoon (25 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)13s
Evening (25 Sep)1ft (0.3m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Very mild (max 17°C on Sun afternoon, min 11°C on Fri morning). Winds increasing (calm on Fri afternoon, fresh winds from the WNW by Sun afternoon).

Fri
25
Saturday
26
Sunday
27
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
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
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
ESE
6
0.2
E
15
0.2
E
13
0.2
E
13
0.3
E
13
0.3
E
14
0.3
E
15
0.3
ESE
12
0.3
ESE
12
0.4
ESE
13
0.4
ESE
13
0.4
ESE
13
0.4
ESE
13
0.4
ESE
13
0.4
ESE
13
0.4
ESE
12
0.8
WNW
5
1
NW
5
1.1
NW
6
1.3
NW
6
1.3
NW
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
12
17
14
14
32
37
38
29
28
58
58
57
57
55
54
51
33
57
83
124
140
Wind (km/h)
10
WSW
5
W
5
WNW
20
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
W
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
20
W
20
W
20
W
25
WNW
30
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
25
SW
Wind State
cross-off
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
High Tide
6:26PM2.25m
6:46AM2.19m
7:09PM2.32m
7:32AM2.28m
7:52PM2.39m
Low Tide
12:14PM0.85m
00:38AM0.81m
12:57PM0.77m
1:22AM0.72m
1:38PM0.71m
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clear
clear
clear
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cloud
clear
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clear
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cloud
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Temp °C
11
13
15
14
12
12
11
11
13
16
16
14
13
12
12
13
14
16
17
16
12
Feels °C
8
11
13
9
8
9
8
8
9
11
11
10
9
9
8
9
9
11
11
11
7
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