Midshore Bay surf break

Midshore Bay surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Monday 09 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
17.5° C
(Which is 2.9°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 12AM is: 1.1m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.4m 15s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Mar)--
Afternoon (10 Mar)5ft (1.6m)7s
Evening (10 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.4
SSE
0.2
ESE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
Period(s) (?)776614141313131212121212111111119116677
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)15411097815149464442391414141313311918301150556063
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
NE
10
NE
20
ENE
20
ENE
15
NE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNE
20
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
10
NNE
10
N
5
NNW
5
NNW
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:32PM
1.74
10:56AM
1.64
11:25PM
1.71
11:49AM
1.61
12:17AM
1.70
12:40PM
1.60
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:17PM
0.39
4:47AM
0.44
5:05PM
0.44
5:37AM
0.49
5:53PM
0.47
6:26AM
0.51
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Sunrise------7:16-------7:18-------7:20-
Sunset-8:00-------7:59-------7:57------
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
11----------------------
Temp. °C11111111101011121313111110912161615131312121420
Feels °C (?)88888910988787610121111101110101219
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