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 pm 20 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

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 (1.3m), 10s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe at 8AM is: 2.2m 13s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm September 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Sep)7ft (2.1m)14s
Afternoon (21 Sep)5ft (1.6m)12s
Evening (21 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Very mild (max 19°C on Tue afternoon, min 5°C on Sun night). Mainly fresh winds.

Monday
21
Tuesday
22
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
!
!
4
4
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
4
S
11
4
S
11
4.5
SSW
12
2.4
SSE
13
2.1
SSE
14
1.9
SSE
13
1.6
SSE
12
1.5
SSE
11
1.3
SSE
10
1.2
SE
10
1
SE
9
0.6
SSE
13
0.6
SSE
13
0.5
S
12
0.6
SE
7
1
S
5
2.2
S
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
3604
3485
5322
1847
1603
1116
722
563
361
264
162
133
127
71
31
42
487
Wind (km/h)
25
SW
20
SW
15
W
10
WNW
10
NW
10
E
10
E
10
ENE
10
WNW
10
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
10
SSE
0
W
30
SSW
20
SSW
Wind State
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
on
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
00:45AM1.67m
1:14PM1.73m
1:39AM1.65m
2:07PM1.72m
Low Tide
6:47PM0.77m
7:06AM0.81m
7:43PM0.79m
7:59AM0.83m
8:41PM0.79m
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
light rain
rain showers
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:00
5:58
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:02
6:04
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
10
9
7
5
11
15
15
13
11
9
8
8
15
17
19
10
10
Feels °C
4
3
3
1
8
11
12
10
8
6
4
4
12
15
19
4
5
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest