Trolley's surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 24 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
17.2° C
(Which is 2.3°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 1PM is: 0.4m 7s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 24). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)6s
Afternoon (24 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)11s
Evening (24 Feb)1ft (0.3m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Fri
27
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
NE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
NE
0.5
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.4
NE
0.3
SE
0.9
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.3
ENE
Period(s) (?)55771111101091045666777777778
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)111117115818171622162451697560737257442930211811
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
25
SW
20
SW
10
SSW
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
25
E
20
E
15
ESE
5
WSW
5
WSW
10
WSW
20
WSW
10
S
15
SW
20
SW
10
SW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:00AM
1.83
11:36PM
1.93
12:02PM
1.82
12:38AM
1.96
1:04PM
1.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:56AM
0.24
5:19PM
0.20
5:55AM
0.25
6:17PM
0.19
6:55AM
0.25
7:15PM
0.17
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Fri
27
Sunrise-6:58--------7:01-------7:01-----
Sunset-----8:23-------8:22-------8:20--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
-------------------126-1
Temp. °C171516181715131313131414141515171817191614121111
Feels °C (?)141012141311910989991113161715161512899
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