Midshore Bay surf break

Midshore Bay surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 31 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
16.0° C
(Which is 2.3°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 11AM is: 1.2m 14s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Mar)3ft (0.9m)14s
Afternoon (31 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)15s
Evening (31 Mar)3ft (0.9m)14s

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


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Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Fri
03
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
1
2
1
1
1
2
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.9
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.3
SSE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.8
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
Period(s) (?)111014151514131111111615151414141313121216161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)82773071174730395261929298119115220208162153142136124120216366416339
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
15
SW
20
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
N
5
N
5
NNW
5
ENE
10
E
10
ENE
10
NNE
10
N
10
N
5
NNW
5
NNW
10
ENE
15
E
10
ENE
5
NNE
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglassglasscrosscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
glasscross-
off
crosscross-
off
offglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:03AM
1.97
4:27PM
1.90
4:50AM
1.94
5:14PM
1.90
5:36AM
1.91
6:00PM
1.89
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:19AM
0.18
10:39PM
0.18
11:07AM
0.19
11:28PM
0.20
11:53AM
0.21
12:16AM
0.24
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Fri
03
Sunrise--7:41-------7:43-------7:45-----
Sunset-----7:22-------7:20-------7:19--
clear
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-12---------------------
Temp. °C12121110111110877913151414131312141921181614
Feels °C (?)8975687644711131212111110121618161513
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