Midshore Bay surf break

Midshore Bay surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Wednesday 15 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
14.7° C
(Which is 1.9°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 7AM is: 0.4m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 15). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Afternoon (16 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Evening (16 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)13s

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


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Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.7
ENE
0.5
ENE
Period(s) (?)121212111110101113131210109131313131212121297
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)69686539384550451451589868454131303029271211117026
Wind
(km/h)
25
NNW
25
NW
35
WNW
15
WSW
20
WNW
20
W
25
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
25
NNW
30
NNW
25
N
30
N
30
NNW
20
NNE
25
N
15
N
20
N
20
NW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunrise----7:01-------7:01-------7:03---
Sunset------5:53-------5:52-------5:51-
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151413111315161410988121818171718171516201917
Feels °C (?)1094689910665591212121112131113161515
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