Midshore Bay surf break

Midshore Bay surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 04 Dec 2025 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
15.3° C
(Which is 2.6°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 2AM is: 1.0m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm December 04). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Dec)3ft (0.9m)9s
Afternoon (05 Dec)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (05 Dec)2.5ft (0.8m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.1
ESE
1
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.8
SE
0.9
ESE
0.7
S
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.4
SE
0.3
ESE
0.4
SE
0.3
ESE
0.2
ESE
Period(s) (?)99999991010101010999914141499999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5993082251851851531561541571371007250481011491883836221729168
Wind
(km/h)
20
ESE
10
E
10
NE
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
15
N
20
NNW
5
SE
10
ESE
15
ESE
20
E
20
E
10
N
15
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
20
NNW
30
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
glasscross-
on
crosscrosscrossoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:10AM
2.20
5:34PM
2.03
6:07AM
2.25
6:31PM
2.04
7:04AM
2.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:51PM
-0.00
11:31AM
0.06
11:49PM
-0.03
12:30PM
0.03
12:48AM
-0.04
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Sunrise-----5:43-------5:43-------5:41--
Sunset-8:52-------8:53-------8:54------
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161514121111182426252019161416171820191917182425
Feels °C (?)1212121099152119191614151213121418171715151918
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