Trolley's surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 20 Feb 2026 NZDT
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Trolley's surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Trolley's sea temperature is
17.9° C
(Which is 2.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Trolley's today?

The current surf forecast for Trolley's at 9AM is: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 0.7m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)11s
Afternoon (20 Feb)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (20 Feb)2ft (0.6m)10s

Table - waves today at Trolley's. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Mon
23
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
ENE
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
SE
0.5
ENE
0.8
ENE
1.1
NE
1
NE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.5
NE
0.3
E
0.3
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.4
SE
0.4
SSE
Period(s) (?)121111111010101010101199456669988810
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2712482401941361287450485033501105257292518141524141539
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
5
WSW
15
WNW
15
SSE
15
S
5
E
10
SSE
5
S
5
E
10
NE
20
NE
25
NE
30
ENE
35
ENE
20
NW
20
NNW
5
NW
15
SW
10
SW
5
WNW
25
SSW
15
SSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
onononononcrosscrossglassoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:29AM
1.92
7:51PM
1.85
8:16AM
1.90
8:41PM
1.87
9:06AM
1.87
9:35PM
1.89
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:22AM
0.19
1:51PM
0.21
2:12AM
0.19
2:40PM
0.20
3:04AM
0.21
3:31PM
0.20
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Mon
23
Sunrise-6:54-------6:54-------6:56------
Sunset-----8:30-------8:28-------8:27--
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
----2-------------------
Temp. °C151519191616151413131314141515141312162019171615
Feels °C (?)141315151314121211108979109118131714131413
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