Trolley's Surf Forecast

/ Canterbury (28 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Trolley's surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Friday 19 Sep 2025 NZST

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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 10.9° C
(Which is 1.4°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 9AM is: 0.5m 11s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 19). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (19 Sep)	1.5ft (0.5m)	11s
Afternoon (19 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	10s
Evening (19 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	10s

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

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	Friday 19							Saturday 20								Sunday 21								Mon 22
	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	!	0	2	2	1
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	NNE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE
Period(s) (?)	11	9	11	11	10	10	10	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	8	4	6	7	9	10	10	9	8
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	59	28	57	40	36	47	24	38	52	81	80	80	80	51	46	126	45	212	318	1242	334	327	226	123
Wind (km/h)	SW	SW	WSW	WNW	NE	ENE	NE	NNE	N	WNW	NW	NNW	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	NW	NE	SW	W	W
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	2:17AM 1.87				2:44PM 1.98					3:05AM 1.87				3:30PM 1.96				3:51AM 1.86				4:14PM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)			8:24AM 0.19				8:57PM 0.23					9:14AM 0.20				9:44PM 0.23				10:02AM 0.22				10:29PM 0.24

	Friday 19							Saturday 20								Sunday 21								Mon 22
Sunrise	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:23	-	-

Rain (mm)	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	5	5	6	8	8	7	7	6	5	5	6	12	15	12	10	12	13	14	15	16	15	14	10	9
Feels °C (?)	1	1	1	5	3	1	0	0	1	2	3	10	11	5	3	3	4	5	8	12	12	13	6	5

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Canterbury

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Trolley's (light winds from the SW at Taylor's Mistake 9 km from Trolley's). 0.5m 9s swell from the SE with a 0.2m 11s groundswell from the E and a 0.1m 10s swell from the NE. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 34 minutes ago Trolley's

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1 h 34 min ago

9 km/h

Clean

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