Midshore Bay surf break

Midshore Bay surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Tuesday 24 Mar 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
15.9° C
(Which is 2.0°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 12AM is: 0.3m 15s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 24). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Mar)--
Afternoon (25 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)6s
Evening (25 Mar)1ft (0.3m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
!
2
2
2
2
!
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.7
ENE
0.3
S
1.7
ENE
1.9
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.5
ENE
3
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
3
ENE
Period(s) (?)615151414141313131212121214678891010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)52403841676258565551494714232213338557866123212831338135713571484
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
10
E
5
NW
5
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
SE
10
ESE
5
NNE
5
NE
15
ENE
20
ENE
30
NE
30
NE
35
ENE
40
NE
30
NE
30
NE
30
NE
25
NE
30
NE
35
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crossglassglasscrosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
crossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:21PM
2.01
10:49AM
1.86
11:24PM
2.00
11:52AM
1.85
12:26AM
2.00
12:53PM
1.85
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:07PM
0.14
4:45AM
0.19
5:06PM
0.15
5:45AM
0.20
6:05PM
0.16
6:44AM
0.21
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sunrise------7:35-------7:35-------7:37-
Sunset-7:34-------7:32-------7:30------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---------------28211----
Temp. °C211615151413141717151414141515151515141414141621
Feels °C (?)1815141412111115151415141312111199999101115
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