Trolley's surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm 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
17.9° 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 2AM is: 0.9m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Feb)2ft (0.6m)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
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
NE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
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
0.4
SE
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
ESE
0.2
E
0.4
NE
Period(s) (?)5666777777777565559999813
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)67706557534940293018181010787766667645
Wind
(km/h)
30
E
25
E
15
ESE
5
WSW
10
W
15
WSW
20
SW
15
SW
5
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
SW
5
SW
5
ENE
15
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NE
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglassoffoffoffoffoffoffoffonononononcross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:38AM
1.96
1:04PM
1.84
1:40AM
2.00
2:04PM
1.87
2:37AM
2.04
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:17PM
0.19
6:55AM
0.25
7:15PM
0.17
7:54AM
0.23
8:13PM
0.14
8:51AM
0.20
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunrise------7:01-------7:03-------7:05-
Sunset-8:22-------8:20-------8:19------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--------25541-----------
Temp. °C141515161616181915131111101011131413131312121213
Feels °C (?)911131614131517161089789111210101091099
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