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 12 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe sea temperature is
13.0°C
1.0° 

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 (12 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (12 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 17s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 16s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 15s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe at 9AM is: 0.4m 17s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)17s
Afternoon (12 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)16s
Evening (12 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sat morning. Very mild (max 16°C on Sun morning, min 7°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
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
0
0
1
2
3
4
4
4
4
0
0
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SSE
18
0.4
SSE
17
0.4
SSE
17
0.6
SSE
16
0.8
SSE
16
1
SSE
16
1.3
SSE
15
2.1
SSE
15
2.1
SSE
15
1.9
SSE
15
1.7
SSE
15
1.5
SSE
15
1.9
S
14
1.8
S
11
1.4
SSE
13
1.6
SSE
11
1.7
SSE
12
1.6
SSE
12
1.4
SSE
12
1.3
SSE
12
1.3
SSE
13
1.3
SSE
12
1.1
SSE
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
102
101
95
211
359
547
744
1850
1925
1668
1328
970
1343
756
700
592
735
715
589
534
489
458
353
Wind (km/h)
10
WNW
10
W
20
SSW
20
S
15
S
5
SE
5
NE
10
N
10
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
20
SSW
20
S
15
S
5
WSW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
N
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
N
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
High Tide
6:33AM1.95m
6:53PM2.05m
7:17AM1.99m
7:34PM2.05m
8:00AM2.01m
8:14PM2.02m
Low Tide
00:26AM0.48m
12:37PM0.42m
1:10AM0.44m
1:23PM0.42m
1:52AM0.42m
2:08PM0.44m
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:13
6:11
6:11
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:54
5:55
5:57
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
8
9
13
11
11
11
10
9
8
7
11
16
14
11
10
9
8
9
9
12
12
11
11
Feels °C
5
6
8
7
8
9
8
7
5
4
8
11
9
7
8
7
6
7
7
10
10
9
10
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