Midshore Bay surf break

Midshore Bay surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 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
10.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Midshore Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Midshore Bay at 2PM is: 0.4m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.1m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)16s
Afternoon (16 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Evening (16 Sep)1ft (0.3m)11s

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

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Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.4
E
0.2
SSE
0.3
ESE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.2
SSE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.2
SSE
0.3
SE
0.7
SSE
0.9
SSE
1.5
S
0.7
SE
0.8
SSE
Period(s) (?)16151114111716101112101010101212121214141361111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)29466532336646344027131164108102736175253257137168
Wind
(km/h)
0
NW
10
ESE
10
ENE
15
NNE
15
NW
15
NNW
35
NW
25
N
30
NNW
30
NNW
25
NW
10
WNW
10
NNW
15
NW
20
NNW
30
WNW
50
NW
25
W
15
W
25
SSE
10
WSW
20
SSW
25
WSW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:02PM
2.00
12:28AM
1.86
1:00PM
1.99
1:24AM
1.86
1:53PM
1.99
2:16AM
1.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:18PM
0.22
6:37AM
0.18
7:15PM
0.23
7:33AM
0.18
8:08PM
0.23
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sunrise6:28-------6:26-------6:26-------
Sunset---6:17-------6:19-------6:20----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
rain showers
mod rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------12621-
Temp. °C13141413131316151617181615141213131514107656
Feels °C (?)1212121010989101113141310763910541-11
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Canterbury

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at Midshore Bay (fresh winds from the NE at Christchurch International Airport 46 km from Midshore Bay). 0.6m 15s groundswell from the SSE with a 0.3m 11s groundswell from the ESE and a 0.2m 7s swell from the SSE. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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46 km away, 1 h 58 min ago

31 km/h
NE
0.0
10.4
Air / Water (°C)
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