Trolley's surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Friday 03 Apr 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
15.9° C
(Which is 2.6°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 6AM is: 0.6m 14s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Afternoon (03 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Evening (03 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.5
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.7
N
0.3
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
Period(s) (?)161615141313121212764777767766666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)20319618312988803737342814131118191881111111112139
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
5
E
10
E
10
ESE
0
SE
10
W
10
WSW
5
N
15
NNW
20
SW
20
SW
10
SW
5
S
5
ENE
0
NE
0
SSE
0
NNW
5
W
5
NW
5
NNE
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crossoffoffoffglassglassglassglassglassglassglassonon
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:21AM
1.87
6:45PM
1.89
7:06AM
1.82
7:31PM
1.86
7:52AM
1.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:15AM
0.23
12:37PM
0.24
1:03AM
0.28
1:22PM
0.28
1:50AM
0.32
2:07PM
0.33
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Sunrise----7:46-------7:48-------7:48---
Sunset-------7:16-------7:15-------7:14
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C141313131315182016151417161414131212121212131414
Feels °C (?)111011121213161913131214121012121112121211121312
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