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 31 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe sea temperature is
13.0° C
1.2° 

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 (31 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (31 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 11s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (31 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 11s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (31 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 11s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe at 10AM is: 0.8m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am July 31). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Jul)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Afternoon (31 Jul)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Evening (31 Jul)2.5ft (0.7m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Fri morning. Very mild (max 15°C on Fri morning, min 5°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Friday
31
Saturday
1
Sunday
2
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)
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
3
0
0
0
2
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4
3
2
3
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
ESE
11
0.9
ESE
11
0.8
ESE
11
0.8
ESE
11
0.7
ESE
11
0.7
ESE
11
0.7
ESE
11
0.6
ESE
11
0.4
SE
14
1.1
SW
6
2.2
SSW
8
3
SSW
10
2.5
SSE
11
3.5
S
11
3
S
11
2.3
SSE
13
3.5
S
13
3.5
S
12
2
SSE
12
1.7
SSE
12
1.7
SSE
11
1.6
SE
11
1.2
SE
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
205
205
164
164
126
126
123
95
63
91
699
2101
1546
2621
2234
1820
3829
3093
1080
821
669
582
347
Wind (km/h)
20
N
10
N
15
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
5
SSW
10
S
5
S
10
NW
Wind State
off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
glassy
off
High Tide
7:13AM1.77m
7:44PM1.87m
7:57AM1.82m
8:24PM1.93m
8:38AM1.87m
Low Tide
1:18AM0.75m
1:20PM0.65m
2:00AM0.69m
2:02PM0.60m
2:41AM0.63m
2:43PM0.56m
cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:11
7:09
7:09
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:16
5:17
5:19
 mm
1
1
1
Temp °C
13
12
13
15
15
13
11
10
9
7
7
7
8
8
8
7
6
5
6
10
12
10
7
Feels °C
8
10
11
10
11
8
7
6
5
3
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
1
3
7
8
7
3
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