Trolley's surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 25 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
17.6° C
(Which is 2.7°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 12PM is: 1.0m 4s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 25). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)4s
Afternoon (25 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)5s
Evening (25 Feb)3ft (0.9m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.5
SE
0.5
E
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
E
Period(s) (?)91045666677710777775555999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2216245169776960664940492718181098776666
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
E
25
E
15
ESE
5
WSW
15
W
15
WSW
15
SW
10
WSW
5
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
W
5
WSW
10
NNW
5
NNE
5
ENE
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:02PM
1.82
12:38AM
1.96
1:04PM
1.84
1:40AM
2.00
2:04PM
1.87
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:55AM
0.25
6:17PM
0.19
6:55AM
0.25
7:15PM
0.17
7:54AM
0.23
8:13PM
0.14
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
Sunrise--7:01-------7:01-------7:03-----
Sunset-----8:22-------8:20-------8:19--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-------------3111-------
Temp. °C131314141415151616161720161312111111111112121213
Feels °C (?)9899911131513131418161099999910101011
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