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 29 Aug 2026 (local time)

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Today's Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe sea temperature is
12.9°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 (29 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (29 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 12s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 12s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 11s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe at 8AM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am August 29). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Aug)2ft (0.6m)12s
Afternoon (29 Aug)2ft (0.6m)12s
Evening (29 Aug)2ft (0.6m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Very mild (max 18°C on Sat morning, min 11°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (calm on Sun morning, fresh winds from the WNW by Mon night).

Saturday
29
Sunday
30
Monday
31
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
1
1
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
3
0
3
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
SE
12
0.7
SE
12
0.6
SE
12
0.6
SSE
12
0.6
SE
12
0.6
SE
11
0.6
SE
11
0.5
SE
11
0.5
SE
11
0.5
SE
11
0.5
SE
11
0.5
SE
11
0.4
SSE
10
0.4
SE
10
0.4
SSE
10
0.4
SE
10
0.4
SSE
13
0.5
SSE
18
0.6
SSE
17
2.1
SSW
9
1.2
SSE
9
1.5
SSE
12
1.6
SSE
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
154
149
110
88
106
103
101
60
60
59
57
56
42
28
41
28
64
180
219
645
231
711
812
Wind (km/h)
10
N
10
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNE
5
NNW
5
N
5
N
10
NNW
5
SW
0
WSW
10
SE
5
ESE
10
N
15
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
10
WSW
10
SSW
10
ESE
10
E
5
N
30
WNW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross
glassy
on
cross-on
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
High Tide
6:45AM1.86m
7:10PM1.96m
7:25AM1.92m
7:46PM2.01m
8:06AM1.96m
8:24PM2.02m
Low Tide
00:46AM0.66m
12:50PM0.58m
1:26AM0.59m
1:30PM0.53m
2:04AM0.52m
2:10PM0.50m
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:35
6:33
6:31
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:43
5:44
5:44
 mm
1
2
Temp °C
13
14
15
18
15
14
13
13
12
12
13
15
16
13
13
13
13
11
12
13
13
12
12
Feels °C
11
12
12
15
14
13
12
12
11
11
13
13
14
11
10
9
8
7
9
10
10
10
5
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