Midshore Bay surf break

Midshore Bay surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Saturday 11 Apr 2026 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
15.3° 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 8AM is: 1.1m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 11). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)7ft (2.1m)6s
Afternoon (11 Apr)5ft (1.6m)7s
Evening (11 Apr)6ft (1.9m)8s

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


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Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
0
1
1
2
!
2
2
2
4
3
2
1
0
1
2
4
4
3
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
E
0.7
E
2.1
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.9
ENE
3
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.5
E
2.4
ENE
2.2
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
E
1.4
ENE
1.6
E
2
E
2.1
E
2.1
E
2
E
1.8
E
1.6
E
1.4
E
Period(s) (?)996778889999999101112121212121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)858332016323335846312064744223728588203332933945841117135713571194911655459
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
NE
20
ENE
20
NE
15
NNE
10
N
10
N
15
N
15
NNE
10
NNE
15
NE
10
ENE
10
SW
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
10
WNW
10
N
20
NNW
25
NW
20
NNW
25
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:48AM
1.57
12:12AM
1.71
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:36AM
0.48
5:47PM
0.46
6:21AM
0.45
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
Sunrise--6:56-------6:56-------6:58-----
Sunset-----6:01-------6:00------5:59---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C101012182016151414151618171615151312151920181615
Feels °C (?)779151612121111121316141514139813171613129
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