Midshore Bay surf break

Midshore Bay surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Friday 17 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
14.6° 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 11AM is: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 14s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 17). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Afternoon (17 Apr)1ft (0.3m)13s
Evening (17 Apr)1ft (0.3m)13s

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


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Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Mon
20
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
0.5
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
Period(s) (?)101010913131313121212129766898910101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)73674441313030292712111145181516375855427810810272
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
10
NNW
15
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
20
N
25
NNE
25
N
30
NNW
20
NNE
15
N
25
NNW
30
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
10
NNW
10
WNW
15
W
10
W
20
SW
25
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
20
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:57AM
1.93
4:23PM
1.99
4:47AM
1.96
5:15PM
2.07
5:40AM
1.98
6:10PM
2.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:11AM
0.13
10:41PM
0.12
11:03AM
0.08
11:37PM
0.10
11:58AM
0.06
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Mon
20
Sunrise--7:01-------7:03-------7:05-----
Sunset----5:52-------5:51-------5:49---
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
--------11-----------21-
Temp. °C8812181717161715141618181614131110121514121111
Feels °C (?)5581211121112910131211121110869109987
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