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Trolley's surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 11 Jan 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
19.2° C
 (Which is 4.8°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 10AM is: 1.1m 4s primary swell from a North direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 11). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)4s
Afternoon (11 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)4s
Evening (11 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)4s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wed
14
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
N
1
N
1.1
N
1.2
NNW
1.1
NW
0.8
NNW
0.2
ENE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
SSE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.6
SE
0.3
SSE
0.4
SE
0.3
SSE
0.9
NNE
0.3
SSE
0.4
SE
0.6
E
0.5
ENE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
Period(s) (?)44444491010912121213131211511111061010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)533738473921824242956676611133372442223077182625
Wind
(km/h)
45
NNW
50
NNW
40
NW
50
NW
35
NW
25
SW
30
NW
25
S
10
SW
0
NE
5
ESE
15
ESE
20
NE
20
ENE
20
NE
25
NE
20
NE
5
N
5
ESE
10
E
20
E
15
ENE
5
W
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		crossoffcrosscross-
off		offglasscrosscross-
on		onononononglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:09PM
1.75
12:42AM
1.73
1:01PM
1.70
1:34AM
1.73
1:51PM
1.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:53AM
0.36
6:19PM
0.33
6:44AM
0.43
7:07PM
0.38
7:35AM
0.47
7:53PM
0.41
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wed
14
Sunrise-6:01-------6:01-------6:03------
Sunset-----9:10-------9:10-------9:09--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--------1-1-------------
Temp. °C212127282823181713131314141414141312141617161615
Feels °C (?)1312201922201213101211109999911131413141512
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