Trolley's surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 26 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 3.1°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: 0.7m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 26). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)7s
Afternoon (26 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)7s
Evening (26 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sun
01
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
E
0.4
NE
0.3
SE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
NE
Period(s) (?)7777777775555999998136444
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5354402920181810107777668876457101112
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
10
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
5
WSW
10
NE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NE
15
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
glassononcross-
on
onononononcross-
on
ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:04PM
1.84
1:40AM
2.00
2:04PM
1.87
2:37AM
2.04
3:00PM
1.91
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:55AM
0.25
7:15PM
0.17
7:54AM
0.23
8:13PM
0.14
8:51AM
0.20
9:10PM
0.11
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sun
01
Sunrise--7:01-------7:03-------7:05-----
Sunset-----8:20-------8:19-------8:16--
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----15431---------------
Temp. °C171717181513111110111112131313131312131313141414
Feels °C (?)1414141514108889910101010101091099111112
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