Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.69° S 177.97° E

Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 am 21 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe sea temperature is
13.5°C
0.7° 

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 (21 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (21 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 14s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 12s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 10s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe at 4PM is: 1.6m 12s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 11:00am September 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Sep)7ft (2.1m)14s
Afternoon (21 Sep)5ft (1.6m)12s
Evening (21 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Very mild (max 17°C on Tue afternoon, min 5°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.

Mon
21
Tuesday
22
Wednesday
23
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)
4
2
2
3
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.1
SSE
14
1.9
SSE
13
1.6
SSE
12
1.4
SE
11
1.4
SE
10
1.2
SE
10
1
SE
9
0.6
SSE
13
0.6
SSE
13
0.4
SSE
12
0.6
SE
7
0.5
S
9
1.2
SSE
6
1.8
S
7
1.8
SSW
8
1.1
SSE
8
1.5
S
8
1.5
SSE
7
1.6
SSE
7
2.2
S
8
2.3
S
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1603
1116
722
512
400
281
162
133
127
47
30
43
97
289
385
161
295
204
268
612
686
Wind (km/h)
10
NW
10
E
10
E
10
NE
10
WNW
10
NW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
10
SE
10
E
25
SSW
20
SSW
10
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
Wind State
off
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
1:14PM1.73m
1:39AM1.65m
2:07PM1.72m
2:43AM1.66m
3:11PM1.74m
Low Tide
7:06AM0.81m
7:43PM0.79m
7:59AM0.83m
8:41PM0.79m
8:59AM0.81m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:00
5:58
5:56
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:02
6:04
6:05
 mm
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
11
15
15
14
12
9
8
8
15
16
17
11
10
9
7
6
10
9
9
9
9
Feels °C
8
11
12
11
9
6
4
4
12
14
15
6
5
6
4
3
5
4
3
3
3
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