Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.69° S 177.97° E

Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 23 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe sea temperature is
12.8° C
1.6° 

Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe today (23 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (23 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 12s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 12s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 11s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe at 8AM is: 0.5m 12s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am July 23). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Jul)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Afternoon (23 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Evening (23 Jul)1ft (0.3m)11s

Table - waves today at Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 15°C on Thu afternoon, min 7°C on Thu morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNE on Thu afternoon, fresh winds from the WSW by Sat afternoon).

Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
SSE
13
0.6
SSE
12
0.5
SSE
12
0.5
SSE
12
0.4
SSE
12
0.4
SSE
12
0.3
SSE
11
0.3
SSE
11
0.3
SSE
10
0.3
SSE
10
0.3
SSE
10
0.2
ESE
11
0.4
E
8
0.5
E
10
0.5
E
11
0.6
E
11
0.7
E
11
0.7
E
12
0.8
E
12
0.8
E
11
0.7
E
11
0.7
E
11
2.5
SSW
8
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Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
142
121
86
85
56
53
24
23
21
20
19
11
21
49
56
85
121
132
172
166
121
119
703
Wind (km/h)
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
15
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
20
NW
20
NNW
15
N
20
NNW
15
N
10
NNW
15
NNW
20
NW
25
W
30
WSW
25
SW
20
WSW
Wind State
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
00:29AM1.96m
12:59PM1.88m
1:10AM1.87m
1:42PM1.82m
1:52AM1.78m
2:25PM1.76m
Low Tide
6:49AM0.58m
7:05PM0.70m
7:32AM0.62m
7:52PM0.75m
8:14AM0.67m
8:41PM0.79m
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clear
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part cloud
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:18
7:16
7:16
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:10
5:12
5:12
 mm
Temp °C
6
6
7
12
15
11
8
8
8
8
10
15
15
13
14
13
12
11
11
12
12
9
9
Feels °C
2
2
3
9
12
8
4
4
4
5
7
10
11
9
10
9
10
8
6
6
5
2
3
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