Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Trolley's today (13 Aug):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 8s period with ENE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Aug, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 8s period with ENE swell.
The current surf forecast for Trolley's at 11PM is: 0.8m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm August 13). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (13 Aug) | - | - |
| Afternoon (13 Aug) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 8s |
| Evening (13 Aug) | 3ft (0.9m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at Trolley's. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Very mild (max 14°C on Fri afternoon, min 4°C on Sun morning). Winds increasing (calm on Fri night, fresh winds from the SW by Sat night). | |||||||||||||||||||
Thu 13 | Friday 14 | Saturday 15 | |||||||||||||||||
3 PM | 6 PM | 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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | E 7 | E 7 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 7 | E 7 | E 7 | E 7 | E 8 | E 8 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 133 | 105 | 94 | 71 | 71 | 55 | 54 | 54 | 55 | 55 | 57 | 57 | 41 | 38 | 36 | 24 | 34 | 48 | 71 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross | cross-off | off | off | off | off | off | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross | glassy | off | cross-off | off | off | cross-off | off |
High Tide | 4:55PM2.19m | 5:17AM2.05m | 5:47PM2.16m | 6:11AM2.02m | 6:39PM2.09m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 11:15PM0.03m | 11:35AM-0.02m | 00:08AM0.03m | 12:29PM0.02m | |||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 7:24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:24 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | 5:40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:42 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:43 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 |
Temp °C | 13 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 6 |
Feels °C | 10 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | -2 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 14 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | E 7 | E 7 | E 8 | E 14 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 7 | E 7 | E 7 | E 7 | E 8 | E 8 |
| kJ | 18 | 105 | 94 | 71 | 71 | 55 | 54 | 54 | 55 | 16 | 57 | 57 | 41 | 38 | 36 | 24 | 34 | 48 | 71 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | E 13 | E 13 | E 13 | ESE 13 | ESE 13 | E 13 | E 14 | E 14 | — | E 14 | E 14 | E 14 | E 14 | E 13 | E 13 | E 13 | E 13 | E 13 |
| kJ | — | 14 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 16 | 16 | — | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 14 | 14 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 14 | — | SE 10 | SE 10 | — | — | E 16 | ESE 14 | ESE 14 | ESE 14 | S 19 | S 18 | S 18 | S 18 | S 18 | S 17 | S 19 | S 19 | — |
| kJ | 18 | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | 5 | 38 | 20 | 40 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 28 | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 8 | — | — | — | — | — | SW 3 | SW 3 | SSW 3 | E 8 | NNE 2 | — | — | — | — | — | SSW 3 | SE 4 | SSE 5 |
| kJ | 133 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 55 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 4 | 20 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 24 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 39 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 153 |
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