Midshore Bay surf break

Midshore Bay surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Friday 27 Feb 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
16.9° 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 5PM is: 0.2m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)5s
Afternoon (27 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)5s
Evening (27 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)5s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.2
ESE
0.2
E
0.4
ENE
0.3
SE
0.1
S
0.2
E
0.7
ENE
0.2
E
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.2
E
0.7
SSE
1
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.9
SSE
1.1
SE
Period(s) (?)5555555998615851155103613131415
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1397668876237451999881058219212342516
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
10
S
10
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
10
NNE
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
20
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
10
NE
5
N
5
WNW
10
W
5
SW
10
ESE
35
SSE
10
S
10
W
20
WSW
30
SW
30
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
oncrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:03PM
1.86
2:37AM
2.03
3:00PM
1.90
3:31AM
2.06
3:53PM
1.93
4:23AM
2.07
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:55AM
0.23
8:14PM
0.14
8:52AM
0.20
9:11PM
0.11
9:48AM
0.17
10:05PM
0.09
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Sunrise--------7:05-------7:05-------
Sunset---8:17-------8:15-------8:14----
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
Rain (mm)
------------------197311
Temp. °C1113141412121110131616151312111114161398998
Feels °C (?)910111191087101211111111991314665420
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