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 18 Aug 2026 (local time)

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Today's Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe sea temperature is
12.8° C
1.3° 

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 (18 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (18 Aug, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 10s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (18 Aug, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 11s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe at 9PM is: 3.5m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.8m 11s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm August 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Aug)--
Afternoon (18 Aug)10ft (3.0m)10s
Evening (18 Aug)11ft (3.5m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 10mm), heaviest on Tue night. Very mild (max 13°C on Thu afternoon, min 7°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SSW on Tue night, calm by Fri morning).

Tue
18
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
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
0
0
0
2
4
4
3
2
1
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
SSE
10
3
SSE
10
3.5
SSE
11
3.5
SSE
12
3.5
SSE
12
3.5
SSE
12
3
SSE
11
4
S
11
3.5
S
11
3
S
11
2.2
S
11
2.4
S
14
1.2
SSE
14
1.9
SSW
14
1.8
SE
9
1.8
SE
9
1.6
SE
9
1.9
S
8
1.2
SSE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1373
1768
2622
2981
3352
2968
2513
3662
2966
1864
1136
2441
549
1449
488
542
460
499
190
Wind (km/h)
40
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
35
S
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
10
WSW
10
WNW
15
WSW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
10
S
10
WNW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
High Tide
10:22PM2.02m
10:47AM1.96m
11:06PM1.95m
11:32AM1.90m
Low Tide
4:11PM0.52m
4:39AM0.51m
4:56PM0.58m
5:24AM0.56m
5:42PM0.65m
clear
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:48
6:48
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:32
5:34
5:35
 mm
1
1
2
3
1
1
1
Temp °C
10
9
8
7
7
8
9
9
10
9
8
8
7
8
10
12
13
10
9
Feels °C
1
0
-2
-2
-3
-2
0
1
3
3
3
5
4
4
5
7
8
7
7
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