Midshore Bay surf break

Midshore Bay surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 03 Apr 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
15.5° C
(Which is 2.1°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 10PM is: 0.5m 12s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm April 03). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)--
Afternoon (03 Apr)2ft (0.6m)12s
Evening (03 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)12s

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


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Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.6
SSE
1
S
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
1
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.4
ENE
Period(s) (?)1212121111111177756566666666101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)120906844313018181991464222562647524171616222033
Wind
(km/h)
25
NW
25
NW
20
NW
15
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
30
NNW
20
SW
20
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSE
5
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
SE
10
SE
5
SE
5
WNW
5
WNW
0
NW
0
NNW
5
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
glassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:45PM
1.88
7:06AM
1.81
7:31PM
1.85
7:53AM
1.76
8:18PM
1.82
8:41AM
1.71
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:04AM
0.28
1:23PM
0.28
1:51AM
0.33
2:08PM
0.33
2:39AM
0.37
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Sunrise------7:47-------7:48-------7:48-
Sunset-7:16-------7:15-------7:13------
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C231915141617181614131211111212121312121211111212
Feels °C (?)171311101112121310101110101110101210111210101211
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