Midshore Bay surf break

Midshore Bay surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Tuesday 03 Mar 2026 NZDT
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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
16.7° C
(Which is 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Midshore Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Midshore Bay at 7PM is: 0.9m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 03). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Afternoon (03 Mar)3ft (0.9m)8s
Evening (03 Mar)3ft (0.9m)8s

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


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Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.9
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.4
E
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
Period(s) (?)8888888812121212111111101111111111101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11811612391938282101349486555607476332319259279344344277224216198194
Wind
(km/h)
25
SW
25
SW
20
SSW
15
S
0
SSW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
N
10
NNE
15
ENE
20
E
20
ENE
15
NE
10
N
5
NNW
5
NW
5
NW
10
ENE
15
E
10
ENE
5
NNE
5
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglassglassglassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
crosscross-
off
glassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:35PM
1.95
6:01AM
2.03
6:23PM
1.93
6:48AM
1.98
7:12PM
1.90
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:32AM
0.13
11:50PM
0.10
12:21PM
0.14
12:40AM
0.13
1:09PM
0.16
1:30AM
0.18
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sunrise--------7:09-------7:11-------
Sunset---8:10-------8:08-------8:07----
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C101314141199811141514121211111419191816151313
Feels °C (?)47911107769111110910991217171715141010
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