Midshore Bay surf break

Midshore Bay surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Monday 06 Apr 2026 NZST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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 2.7°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: 0.3m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 06). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)1ft (0.3m)10s
Afternoon (06 Apr)2ft (0.6m)10s
Evening (06 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thu
09
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
1
1
2
2
!
3
3
2
3
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
ESE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.4
S
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
1.6
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.8
ENE
2.1
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.2
ENE
2
ENE
3.5
ENE
2
E
1.9
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.7
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.4
ENE
Period(s) (?)510101010109557777888910101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)112120337192271062232683064695726665671787783739680596509450386
Wind
(km/h)
5
SE
0
ESE
5
WNW
0
ESE
15
ESE
10
E
5
NE
5
NNE
10
NE
15
NE
20
NE
25
NE
30
ENE
25
NE
25
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
15
N
15
N
20
NNW
25
NNW
15
N
20
N
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:41AM
1.71
8:07PM
1.79
8:30AM
1.66
8:57PM
1.75
9:21AM
1.62
9:47PM
1.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:39AM
0.37
1:55PM
0.38
2:27AM
0.42
2:42PM
0.42
3:16AM
0.46
3:29PM
0.46
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thu
09
Sunrise--6:50-------6:50-------6:52-----
Sunset-----6:10-------6:08-------6:07--
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-------------1121-------
Temp. °C121212141514131313131416171515141414172020191818
Feels °C (?)121212141313121212111112121112121212141515161415
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