Surf Break

Lat Long: 43.50° S 172.73° E

Trolley's 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 01 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Trolley's sea temperature is
11.0°C
1.1° 

Trolley's surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Trolley's today (01 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 10s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 10s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 10s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Trolley's at 8AM is: 0.2m 14s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)10s
Afternoon (01 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)10s
Evening (01 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Very mild (max 18°C on Fri morning, min 7°C on Sat morning). Wind will be generally light.

Thursday
1
Friday
2
Saturday
3
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SE
12
0.3
SE
11
0.3
SE
11
0.2
SSE
10
0.2
SSE
10
0.2
SSE
10
0.2
SSE
10
0.2
SSE
10
0.2
SSE
12
0.2
SSE
12
0.1
SE
12
0.2
ENE
6
0.3
NE
7
0.4
NE
7
0.4
NE
7
0.2
SSE
16
0.3
NE
7
0.4
NNE
7
0.4
SE
3
0.4
SSE
14
0.2
SSE
18
0.6
S
16
0.7
S
16
0.3
SSE
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
34
21
19
11
10
10
10
10
13
14
5
5
8
14
14
27
9
18
4
73
30
0
0
44
Wind (km/h)
0
NW
10
W
10
WSW
5
NW
10
E
10
E
10
E
5
ESE
5
NE
5
NNE
5
N
5
NW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
SW
5
ENE
5
E
5
ESE
10
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
20
SSW
15
SW
10
SW
Wind State
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
on
glassy
glassy
off
off
off
off
off
off
High Tide
8:49AM1.98m
9:14PM1.85m
9:47AM1.99m
10:14PM1.84m
10:49AM1.99m
Low Tide
2:40AM0.18m
3:16PM0.21m
3:36AM0.18m
4:13PM0.22m
4:33AM0.17m
5:11PM0.21m
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
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7:01
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7:00
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7:35
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7:36
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1
4
2
1
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Temp °C
9
8
8
10
12
13
10
11
11
10
9
10
18
16
15
12
9
8
8
7
9
10
9
9
Feels °C
8
5
4
7
9
9
7
9
10
8
7
8
14
12
12
10
8
6
5
3
4
5
5
6
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