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 13 Aug 2026 (local time)

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Today's Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe sea temperature is
12.7° C
1.4° 

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 (13 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 9s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe at 11PM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm August 13). An open ocean swell of 1.3m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Aug)--
Afternoon (13 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Evening (13 Aug)2ft (0.6m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 60mm), heaviest during Fri afternoon. Very mild (max 14°C on Fri afternoon, min 10°C on Sun morning). Winds increasing (calm on Fri night, strong winds from the SW by Sun morning).

Thu
13
Friday
14
Saturday
15
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
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
4
4
2
1
0
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
SE
9
0.7
SE
9
0.6
SE
8
0.6
ESE
8
1.4
NE
6
1.4
ENE
6
1.6
ENE
6
1.6
ENE
6
1.2
E
7
1.6
E
7
1.8
E
8
3
ENE
9
3
ENE
9
1.7
E
9
1.6
E
9
1.5
E
8
1.5
E
8
1.5
E
8
1.6
E
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
93
77
57
45
139
145
197
197
128
247
377
1437
1238
430
373
317
302
309
367
Wind (km/h)
10
NNE
20
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
20
NE
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
E
15
NE
5
ENE
5
E
10
SSE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
glassy
glassy
on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
High Tide
6:28PM2.00m
6:51AM1.92m
7:19PM2.07m
7:42AM1.98m
8:05PM2.10m
Low Tide
12:04PM0.45m
00:48AM0.54m
12:58PM0.43m
1:39AM0.49m
1:48PM0.42m
mod rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:56
6:54
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:29
5:30
5:30
 mm
6
3
1
4
11
7
2
1
1
1
4
5
3
2
Temp °C
11
12
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
14
13
14
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
Feels °C
10
9
10
11
10
10
10
10
9
10
9
12
13
13
12
11
11
11
11
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