Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe surf break

Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 17 Mar 2026 NZDT
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Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe sea temperature is
19.1° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe today?

The current surf forecast for Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe at 3PM is: 0.7m 14s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)15s
Afternoon (17 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Evening (17 Mar)2ft (0.6m)13s

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


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Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Fri
20
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.7
ENE
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.9
ENE
0.8
E
1.3
E
1.7
E
2.2
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
Period(s) (?)15151514131313121212121111115566668101011
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)243243246204187181131119828145414023262124704813235593813711553
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
5
WNW
0
SSW
10
SE
15
E
15
NE
10
NNE
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
ENE
20
ENE
15
NE
10
NNE
5
WNW
5
WSW
10
SSE
15
E
20
SE
25
SE
30
SE
30
SSE
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncrosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:33AM
1.81
5:55PM
1.79
6:25AM
1.90
6:42PM
1.88
7:08AM
1.99
7:25PM
1.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:50AM
0.71
12:04AM
0.64
12:39PM
0.63
12:49AM
0.56
1:23PM
0.54
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Fri
20
Sunrise--7:05-------7:07-------7:07-----
Sunset-----7:24-------7:23-------7:22--
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----------------1249534
Temp. °C141417181918161414131620201816151617171717171717
Feels °C (?)131418171816151313121618171716151717161514141314
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