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 05 Aug 2026 (local time)

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Today's Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe sea temperature is
13.3° 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 (05 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Aug, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 12s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Aug, local time) - 13ft (4.0m), 12s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Aug, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 12s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe at 9AM is: 3.5m 12s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am August 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Aug)11ft (3.5m)12s
Afternoon (05 Aug)13ft (4.0m)12s
Evening (05 Aug)11ft (3.5m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Wed morning. Very mild (max 10°C on Thu afternoon, min 5°C on Thu morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Wed morning, calm by Fri morning).

Wednesday
5
Thursday
6
Friday
7
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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4
4
2
1
1
4
3
3
3
4
3
2
4
4
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
4.5
S
11
3.5
SSE
12
3.5
SSE
12
4.5
S
12
4
S
12
4
S
12
3.5
S
12
3.5
S
12
3.5
S
12
3
S
12
3
S
11
2.5
SSW
11
2
S
11
1.3
SE
11
1.7
SSW
10
1.5
SE
10
1.6
SE
10
1.4
SE
10
0.9
S
18
0.9
SSE
17
1.1
SSE
16
1.6
SE
15
1.6
SE
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
5199
3445
3146
5288
4443
4083
3489
2947
3355
2759
2177
1518
935
406
647
468
508
428
498
448
620
1074
1002
Wind (km/h)
35
SSW
40
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
25
SW
25
SSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
15
SSW
10
SW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NNE
10
E
5
NE
10
NW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
glassy
cross
cross-off
off
High Tide
10:42AM1.92m
11:05PM1.95m
11:28AM1.91m
11:47PM1.92m
12:16PM1.90m
Low Tide
4:41AM0.50m
4:47PM0.51m
5:24AM0.47m
5:31PM0.52m
6:09AM0.46m
6:20PM0.54m
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
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part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:05
7:05
7:03
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:22
5:22
5:22
 mm
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
5
7
7
8
8
7
8
6
6
6
5
9
10
8
6
6
5
5
6
9
10
8
7
Feels °C
-4
-3
-2
0
0
1
2
1
1
2
0
4
5
4
2
2
1
1
2
6
6
5
4
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