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 26 Aug 2026 (local time)

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Today's Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe sea temperature is
12.3°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 (26 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (26 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 18s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (26 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 16s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (26 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 15s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe at 12PM is: 0.6m 17s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am August 26). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Aug)2.5ft (0.7m)18s
Afternoon (26 Aug)2ft (0.6m)16s
Evening (26 Aug)2ft (0.6m)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 Thu morning. Very mild (max 18°C on Wed afternoon, min 10°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
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)
2
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
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Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
SSE
15
0.7
SSE
17
0.7
SSE
18
0.6
SSE
17
0.6
SSE
16
0.6
SSE
16
0.6
SSE
15
0.6
SSE
15
0.6
SSE
17
0.7
SSE
17
0.9
SSE
18
1.3
SSE
17
1.3
SSE
17
1.2
SSE
17
1.2
SSE
16
1.2
SSE
16
1.1
SSE
15
1.3
SSE
14
1
SSE
14
1
SSE
13
0.9
SSE
13
0.8
SSE
13
0.8
SSE
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
228
315
318
235
206
191
169
167
227
315
540
950
928
767
688
654
505
682
357
368
295
209
202
Wind (km/h)
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
5
N
10
ENE
5
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
10
WNW
10
SSW
10
SSE
10
SE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
10
N
10
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
off
glassy
cross
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
High Tide
4:20AM1.65m
4:58PM1.73m
5:17AM1.71m
5:51PM1.81m
6:03AM1.79m
6:32PM1.89m
Low Tide
10:32AM0.78m
11:11PM0.79m
11:26AM0.72m
00:02AM0.73m
12:10PM0.65m
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:39
6:37
6:37
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:39
5:40
5:42
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
9
9
12
17
18
15
15
14
13
14
14
13
12
11
11
11
10
10
12
17
17
14
13
Feels °C
5
5
8
15
15
13
12
11
10
12
12
11
10
9
9
9
8
8
10
14
13
10
8
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