Midshore Bay Surf Forecast

/ Canterbury (28 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (43.12° S 172.86° E)

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Midshore Bay surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Friday 19 Sep 2025 NZST

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Midshore Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Midshore Bay sea temperature is 10.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Midshore Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Midshore Bay at 7PM is: 0.6m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 19). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 8s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (19 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (19 Sep)	2ft (0.6m)	10s
Evening (19 Sep)	1.5ft (0.5m)	10s

Table - waves today at Midshore Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Friday 19			Saturday 20								Sunday 21								Monday 22
	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	1	1
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SE	SE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	11	12	11	7	10	10	10	9	8	9	9	9	9
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	84	79	48	96	162	208	208	208	162	160	88	205	38	19	342	402	314	235	141	82	86	82	90	88
Wind (km/h)	ENE	ENE	NNE	NNE	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	N	NNE	NNE	N	NW	NNW	NNE	NNW	NW	WNW	W	NW	NNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						3:04AM 1.86				3:29PM 1.94				3:50AM 1.85				4:13PM 1.91				4:35AM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)			8:58PM 0.23					9:15AM 0.20				9:45PM 0.23				10:03AM 0.22				10:30PM 0.24				10:49AM 0.25

	Friday 19			Saturday 20								Sunday 21								Monday 22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-
Sunset	-	6:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	7	4	3	3	4	8	13	14	11	11	11	12	13	15	17	16	15	11	11	9	8	11	16
Feels °C (?)	6	2	-2	-2	-2	-2	2	6	7	5	5	5	5	5	8	9	11	11	7	6	6	5	9	13

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Canterbury

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Midshore Bay (moderate winds from the ENE at Christchurch International Airport 46 km from Midshore Bay). 1.2m 9s swell from the SE to make surfable waves.
1 hour 47 minutes ago Midshore Bay

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46 km away, 1 h 47 min ago

28 km/h

ENE

0.0

10.7

Air / Water (°C)

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