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 pm 16 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe sea temperature is
13.2°C
0.9° 

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 (16 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 9s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 10s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe at 11PM is: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 16). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Sep)--
Afternoon (16 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Evening (16 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Very mild (max 18°C on Thu morning, min 8°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (calm on Fri morning, fresh winds from the SSW by Fri night).

Wed
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
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)
0
1
1
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
SE
9
0.8
SE
9
0.7
SE
10
0.9
SE
12
0.8
ESE
11
0.8
ESE
10
0.8
ESE
10
0.8
ESE
10
0.7
SE
10
0.6
ESE
9
0.6
ESE
9
0.6
ESE
11
0.8
ESE
13
0.9
ESE
13
0.9
ESE
12
0.8
ESE
12
1.5
NE
8
0.7
ESE
11
0.6
ESE
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
81
99
94
199
151
133
127
122
94
56
56
85
219
265
233
180
244
105
78
Wind (km/h)
10
E
5
NNE
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
10
N
5
N
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
ESE
15
N
10
ENE
10
SSE
10
SSW
Wind State
cross
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
glassy
glassy
off
cross
on
cross-on
High Tide
9:40PM1.91m
10:09AM1.91m
10:25PM1.84m
10:53AM1.85m
Low Tide
3:37PM0.54m
3:56AM0.53m
4:21PM0.61m
4:43AM0.61m
5:07PM0.67m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:05
6:03
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:58
5:59
6:00
 mm
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
15
14
11
9
9
8
13
18
18
15
13
12
12
12
13
15
16
13
12
Feels °C
13
13
8
5
5
4
8
14
14
12
11
10
11
11
12
13
15
12
11
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