The Ledge Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.12° S 174.02° E

The Ledge 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 pm 24 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Ledge sea temperature is
16.1° C
0.5° 

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 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (25 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 8s period with NW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (25 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 12s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (25 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 11s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for The Ledge at 7AM is: 1.1m 7s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.7m 11s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm July 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Jul)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Afternoon (25 Jul)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Evening (25 Jul)2.5ft (0.7m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 13mm), heaviest on Sun morning. Very mild (max 15°C on Sun morning, min 9°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the W on Fri night, light winds from the S by Mon morning).

Saturday
25
Sunday
26
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
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
NW
6
1.3
NNW
7
1.3
NW
7
1.1
NW
7
1.1
NW
8
0.7
E
12
0.7
E
12
0.7
E
11
0.7
E
11
0.6
E
11
0.6
E
11
0.5
E
11
1.1
NW
6
0.8
NW
7
0.3
ESE
15
0.4
ESE
13
0.5
E
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
172
150
164
119
128
129
127
123
125
90
89
63
95
54
44
55
103
Wind (km/h)
25
WNW
25
WNW
30
W
35
W
30
WSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
25
NW
25
W
25
WSW
20
SW
15
SSW
15
S
Wind State
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
High Tide
3:30AM2.10m
4:25PM2.11m
4:25AM2.06m
5:18PM2.13m
Low Tide
9:32PM1.07m
9:57AM0.94m
10:29PM1.09m
10:52AM0.95m
rain showers
clear
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:24
7:22
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:36
5:37
 mm
2
3
5
1
1
1
Temp °C
14
14
13
10
12
13
13
11
11
11
10
12
14
15
13
11
11
Feels °C
10
9
7
3
5
6
6
4
6
7
7
7
10
11
9
8
8
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