Trolley's surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 02 Apr 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
16.2° C
(Which is 2.9°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 3AM is: 0.4m 13s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Afternoon (02 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Evening (02 Apr)2ft (0.6m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.2
SSE
0.4
ENE
0.9
NNW
0.9
NNW
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
Period(s) (?)1414131312121616161615141313121212111174477
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)78736865393764171203196183129888037373419122027251819
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
E
5
NE
10
E
20
E
15
E
15
ESE
15
E
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
NNW
5
NNE
10
ENE
5
ESE
15
W
10
WSW
5
W
5
NNE
10
NNW
20
WSW
20
SW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassononglasscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscrossoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:36AM
1.92
6:00PM
1.90
6:21AM
1.87
6:45PM
1.89
7:06AM
1.82
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:27PM
0.20
11:52AM
0.20
12:15AM
0.23
12:37PM
0.24
1:03AM
0.28
1:22PM
0.28
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunrise----7:45-------7:46-------7:48---
Sunset-------7:19-------7:16-------7:15
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C121212131316151414131313131719181715161617171313
Feels °C (?)9101012121311111211121213151616141215151513912
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